13th Feb – Realised today that some people won’t read blogs. Even if they’re writers.<\/p>\n
14th Feb – In my bed tonight I’m hearing, from the room in front of me, one son teaching himself a new song, singing and playing on his guitar erratically, and from the room behind, recorded heavy metal music played by another son on his computer.<\/p>\n
15th Feb – At the National Library this morning I drove around for 15 minutes before finding a park.\u00a0 I was there to read a hard-to-find book, but the spaces were all filled by tourists come to look at exhibitions.<\/p>\n
16th Feb – Editing an article about a Melbourne coffee shop, I hesitated at the term caf\u00e9 latte.\u00a0 English-speaking coffee namers seem to prefer the French word caf\u00e9<\/em>, not caff\u00e8<\/em> as it is in Italian, and latte<\/em> from Italian but not au lait<\/em> from French.\u00a0 French coffee in Italian milk.<\/p>\n 17th Feb – Met a woman who met a man online.\u00a0 She has just arrived in Australia to live with him. He’s a vegetarian minimalist. She likes meat and furniture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 13th Feb – Realised today that some people won’t read blogs. Even if they’re writers. 14th Feb – In my bed tonight I’m hearing, from the room in front of me, one son teaching himself a new song, singing and playing on his guitar erratically, and from the room behind, recorded heavy metal music played … <\/p>\n