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The power of showing up: Big Hearted Business Conference with Clare Bowditch
On the weekend I was reminded of the powerful effect of something seemingly quite simple: showing up. Sometimes by choosing to go, rather than to stay; to buy it rather than saving the money; to take a...
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Follow Your Dreams: Rohan Anderson, Whole Larder Love
A reader of Rohan Anderson’s blog, Whole Larder Love, left a comment at the bottom of his most recent post saying, “The way you live your life – and share it – is a gift to us all. Thank you.” That...
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Nurturing nature: five tips from a passionate gardener
Until recently, all my thumbs knew how to do was press the space bar. But then my husband and I bought a new home whose backyard consisted of a stark bricked courtyard. Its main features were an ugly...
View ArticleGlen Hansard, The Frames + finding your passion
Last month I was lucky enough to see - for the fifth time – my favourite band, The Frames, in concert in Melbourne. As always this Irish rock-folk group led by charismatic, chaotic, endearing,...
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The Gentle Author’s Spitalfields Life: sharing curiosity and London life
Every day, without fail, a story of life in the heart of London drops in to my inbox. They are stories of workers, buildings, animals, criminals, writers, merchants, children, teachers and artists;...
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The Bulb debuts on Head Butler with a tribute to Paul Kelly
I may be happily married, but I can openly admit to having had an intellectual crush on Jesse Kornbluth, creator and curator at Head Butler, for some time. The man has excellent taste and knows music,...
View ArticleFeeling bookish? Our best-read book posts and literature festival picks
Our literary hearts are aflutter on both sides of the Equator. In Australia there has been a flurry of good stuff coming out of the Sydney Writer’s Festival and this coming weekend in Melbourne the...
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“I love to think about her”– the importance of remembering special people
This week in Melbourne the news has been dominated by the name of a man that few of us want to remember. In respect to the family of Jill Meagher, who was savagely snatched from the street, raped and...
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Infectious Andy Murray mania shows the power of sport as a unifier
For the past two weeks, I’ve been living amid Murray mania. The British have been talking about, writing about and screaming for Andy Murray in his attempt to become the first British man to win...
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Following your dreams is do-able, see?
Pheeeew-ee! It’s been a busy few weeks at The Bulb. It may not *look* like we’re doing much, but a-ha, we’re doing the old swan trick: a calm surface with legs paddling madly beneath. In between...
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