Listening Now Blog

Willie Hewes has a fascinating work life.  She produces fabulous illustrations and calls herself a monster whisperer.  When she asked me about publishing a post on monsters and listening, I couldn’t resist.   Please enjoy this guest post by Willie Hewes. Monster Listening Do you listen to your monsters? Your monsters, you know, the mean voices of [...]

I watched Freaknomoics the other night.  It’s based on the book of the same name and is a series of vignettes on various topics, all in some way, some very loosely at first glance, to be linked to economics.  I hated economics in both the degrees I did – I have a vague recollection of [...]

On 21 July 2003, Jamie Ramage murdered his wife Julie in their Melbourne home.   In “Silent Death”, Karen Kissane writes about this terrible tragedy with a unique blend of journalistic objectivity and human compassion.  The story of how Jamie came to kill his wife of 23 years is startling, to say the least.  Not just [...]

I consider myself to be one of the luckiest blog owners on the net.  And that’s because I’ve come to know some outstanding writers and thinkers who have contributed to my blog.  Birdy Diamond has a remarkable spirit.  She contacted me a few months ago and offered to write a series of guest posts on [...]