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'Oliver'2015-08-15T04:21:29+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2015/08/13/the-away-child/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/caronat13.jpgCaronAt13The "away child": I was 13 and living with my grandparents for a year when this picture was 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writers"2015-02-03T22:43:51+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2015/02/01/where-has-the-time-gone/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/time.jpgTime2015-02-01T20:34:45+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2015/01/30/nothing-lasts-forever/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_2525.jpgIMG_2525https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_2532.jpgIMG_2532https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_2531.jpgIMG_2531https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_2535.jpgIMG_25352015-02-01T01:12:41+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2015/01/20/bats-vampires-and-what-we-do-in-the-shadows/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/shadows.jpgShadowsDusk, and the screen is soon to be lowered at Shadow Electric. Then the bats come out, hundreds of them, flying overhead. Unfortunately, it was too dark by then to get an image. Picture: ©Caron Eastgate Dann 20142015-01-20T20:51:59+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2015/01/02/on-safari/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/safari3.jpgSafari3Safari Restaurant at Ascot Vale. Picture by Gordon Dannhttps://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/safari2.jpgSafari2Soup to start: delicious, despite its ordinary looks. Picture by Kenny Weir at Consider the Saucehttps://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/safari.jpgSafariThe lamb platter at Safari Restaurant, Ascot Vale: perfect comfort food. Picture by Kenny Weir, Consider the Sauce2023-02-21T09:48:19+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2014/12/30/2014-in-review/2014-12-30T20:50:17+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2014/12/28/its-how-many-days-till-christmas-nooooooooo/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/eggtimer.jpgeggtimerThe world's loneliest egg timer: stuffed in a cracker, then left behind on Christmas day.https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/christmas.jpgChristmasMy place settings at the Christmas table have names attached to baubles, which I reuse each year.2014-12-28T19:42:29+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2014/12/13/the-art-of-science-or-the-science-of-art/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/piano-tuner.jpgpiano-tunerhttps://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/tree.jpgRainforest Walk at Monash University, Clayton campus, Melbourne. The artful rainforest gardens demonstrate a mix of art and science. 2014-12-13T22:06:44+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2014/11/30/a-funny-thing-happened-on-the-way-to-the-garden/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/lettuce2.jpgLettuce2https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/lettuce.jpgLettuceThe first lettuce from our own garden2014-11-30T11:38:49+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2014/11/08/that-book-that-book-what-was-it/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/screen-shot-2014-11-08-at-8-20-10-am.pngScreen Shot 2014-11-08 at 8.20.10 AM2014-11-16T00:40:28+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2014/11/04/book-review-the-dressmakers-daughter-by-kate-llewellyn/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/getpageimage-aspx-e1415052422257.jpgGetPageImage.aspx2014-11-03T23:38:43+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2014/09/26/the-selfie-you-make-yourself/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/me2014.jpgMe2014"Selfie in oil pastels", by Caron Eastgate Dann2014-11-01T22:21:57+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2014/10/13/i-would-read-anything-you-wrote/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/fullsizerender.jpgFullSizeRender2015-08-31T22:56:51+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2014/10/05/trick-question-what-is-coca-cola/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/screen-shot-2014-10-05-at-8-44-07-am.pngScreen Shot 2014-10-05 at 8.44.07 AM'Dear Mr Job Thank you for applying to be a burger flipper at our restaurant chain. The standard of applicants was very high and, unfortunately, you have been unsuccessful at this time. However, we will keep your details on file and contact you should a suitable position arise.'2014-10-09T22:22:37+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2014/09/13/chocolate-and-the-guilty-secret/2014-09-13T12:30:49+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2014/08/31/you-dont-see-this-too-often/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/egg.jpgegg2014-08-31T21:28:12+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2014/08/16/the-old-school-tie/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/tie.jpgThe Old School TieMy old school tie, slightly the worse for wear now, with some of my favourite books from childhood, saved (luckily) for decades by my mother.2014-08-18T21:13:01+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2014/08/04/heigh-ho-heigh-ho-its-off-to-work-we-go/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/work.jpgWorkThe tools of my trade: mobile and casual2014-08-05T22:10:08+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2014/07/26/a-foot-is-not-an-almond-or-if-the-shoe-fits/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/almond.jpgalmondMy almond-toed boots: always uncomfortable but on trend.2014-11-09T19:27:38+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2014/07/19/what-are-you-doing-on-the-weekend/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/train3.jpgtrain3My office away from home: making the most of travel time on the train, thanks to new technology. Picture: Caron Eastgate Dann 2014https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/train2.jpgtrain2My office away from home: making the most of travel time on the train, thanks to new technology. Picture: Caron Eastgate Dann 2014https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/train.jpgtrainMy office away from home: making the most of travel time on the train, thanks to new technology. Picture: Caron Eastgate Dann 20142014-07-19T12:16:10+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2014/07/13/david-soul-and-the-difficult-question/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/soul.jpgSoulMy TV Week story from August 6, 1994.2014-07-17T01:01:58+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2014/07/05/the-celebrity-who-cared/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/toothbrush-1995.jpgToothbrush-1995https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/tvweek.jpgtvweekThere's my interview with Tim Ferguson for Don't Forget Your Toothbrush. You can just see it on the upper left of this collage of stories I did for TV Week in the 1990s2014-07-05T00:51:02+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2014/06/29/felix-that-wonderful-cat-with-his-bag-of-tricks/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/felix.jpgFelix2014-06-29T13:05:11+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2014/06/19/its-a-cats-life/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/lu15.jpgLu15https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/lu14.jpgLu14https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/lu13.jpgLu13https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/lu12.jpgLu12https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/lu11.jpgLu11https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/lu10.jpgLu10https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/lu9.jpgLu9https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/lu6.jpgLu6https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/lu5.jpgLu5https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/lu-4.jpgLu 42014-06-26T10:25:05+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2014/06/16/what-price-a-newspaper/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/news1.jpgnewshttps://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/news.jpgnews2014-06-17T06:45:53+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2014/06/09/where-are-they-now-aussie-stars-of-1994/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/logies.jpgLogies2014-06-10T01:04:00+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2014/05/30/what-i-saw-written-on-the-bathroom-wall/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/tap3.jpgTap3https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/tap2.jpgTap2https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/tap1.jpgTap12014-06-15T21:58:03+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2014/05/24/an-accidental-recipe/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/latte.jpglattehttps://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/mttvillage-1990.jpgMTTvillage-1990Muang Thong Thani Village, Nonthaburi, Thailand, 1991. Picture © Caron Eastgate Dann2015-05-23T21:09:37+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2014/05/16/australians-lazy-and-overpaid-i-think-not/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/bake.jpgMebourne bakery, May 13, 2014The bakery—good business but hard work. Picture ©Caron Eastgate Dann, 20142014-05-25T22:02:33+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2014/05/08/tree-change/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/trees.jpgtreesPicture: Caron Eastgate Dann, 20142014-05-15T06:36:21+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2014/04/30/beauty-when-you-least-expect-it/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/leaf.jpgleafPicture © Caron Eastgate Dann 20142014-05-07T22:43:46+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2014/04/25/the-cats-verdict-unimpressed/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/lostgirl.jpgLostGirlLittle Girl Lost: Lucy Locket in her new house. Has decided she doesn't like it. Picture ©Caron Eastgate Dann 20142014-04-27T23:56:03+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2014/04/19/if-all-your-stuff-was-packed-away-what-would-you-miss-most/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/needle.jpgNeedle2014-05-04T07:27:26+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2014/04/18/moving-on-my-46th-address-50th-move/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/photo-2-1.jpgBat GirlSpot the cathttps://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/photo-2.jpgphoto 2https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/photo-1.jpgMoving onMy study...or what's left of it. 2014-04-18T22:10:59+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2014/04/15/why-new-graduates-cant-get-a-job/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/train.jpgtrain2014-04-24T22:43:30+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2014/04/13/update-through-a-glass-darkly-the-strangest-house-in-my-suburb/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/house-revisited.jpgHouse-revisited2014-04-14T12:59:33+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2014/04/05/stupid-award-of-the-week/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/drawers.jpgdrawers2014-04-13T10:24:23+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2014/04/05/boys-toys-girls-toys/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/screen-shot-2014-04-05-at-7-22-57-am.pngScreen Shot 2014-04-05 at 7.22.57 AM2014-04-05T11:28:35+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2014/04/03/what-do-birds-dream-of/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/fish.jpgfishThis reminds me of the daily trial just trying to get through crowds of people to do ordinary things like get on the train, find a seat (good luck), buy lunch. Picture: ©Caron Eastgate Dann 20132014-04-03T12:20:42+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2014/03/22/stop-and-smell-the-lunch/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/joy2.jpgJoySzechuan chicken clay pot at Joy's Kitchen. Picture ©Caron Eastgate Dann 20142014-03-31T20:28:58+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2014/03/16/life-on-mean-street/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/monkeys.jpgmonkeys2014-03-25T21:04:08+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2014/03/10/young-or-old-heres-how-to-tell/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/photo.jpgphoto2014-03-13T21:29:22+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2014/03/02/decluttering-your-life/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/mysteriousvase.jpgMysterious Vase"My Mother's Mysterious Vase", oils on canvas, painted by Caron Dann, 2011.https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/mg.jpgMGGoodbye, dear little car. Photo ©Gordon Dann 2014https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/cats.jpgcatsThe Balinese cat book ends, the Balinese cat couple, the novelty Easter cup...could you part with these? Photo ©Caron Eastgate Dann 20142014-03-04T19:17:07+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2014/02/24/why-an-autobiographer-can-never-tell-the-whole-truth/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/daily-mirror-agatha-christie.jpgdaily-mirror-agatha-christiehttps://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/article_2_retrouvaille_d_agatha.jpgarticle_2_retrouvaille_d_Agathahttps://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/a-christie.jpga-christie2014-02-25T00:58:19+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2014/02/21/job-insecurity-as-the-new-job-security/2014-02-21T23:05:17+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2014/02/14/valentines-why-tomato-beats-heart/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/tomato.jpgtomatoMy preferred Valentine's Day symbol. Picture: Caron Eastgate Dann 20142014-02-14T12:20:15+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2014/02/10/secrets-of-great-cooking/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/apples.jpgApples"Apple Day", PanPastels on treated paper. The apples were three different varieties I bought for this picture. The willow-pattern china was given to me by my late grandmother. ©Caron Eastgate Dann, 2013https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/fruity-still-life.jpgFruity Still Life"Fruity Still Life", watercolours on paper. This was just a quick sketch, and I'm not very experienced in watercolours, so it's rather wonky: but I don't mind that! ©Caron Eastgate Dann, 2012https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/niccca7oise.jpgNiçoise"Making Salad Niçoise", acrylics on treated board. This picture includes my favourite salad servers, plastic tiki-decorated souvenirs from New Zealand. ©Caron Eastgate Dann, 2012 ©Caron Eastgate Dann, 2012https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/makingsangria.jpgMakingSangria"Making Sangria", Pan Pastels on treated paper © Caron Eastgate Dann 2012https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/thaitonight-scan.jpgThaiTonight-scan"Waiting For Thai Tonight", acrylics on canvas board © Caron Eastgate Dann 2011https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/pear-shaped.jpgPear-shaped"Pear-Shaped", watercolour. I bought these beautiful pears in season and couldn't resist painting them. This was my first attempt at a watercolour painting. © Caron Eastgate Dann 2011https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/pplemon.jpgPPLemonA quick pastel sketch on coloured paper. I don't have a fascination with knives, truly: they are just great subjects to try out new-found painting techniques. © Caron Eastgate Dann 2011https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/onlyonhis.jpgOnlyOnHis"Only On His Day Off", acrylics on canvas board. © Caron Eastgate Dann 2011https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/cutmefeb2011.jpgCutMeFeb2011My first painting, acrylics on treated board, in which I had to be brave, load the brush with paint and go! © Caron Eastgate Dann 20112014-02-10T21:00:13+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2014/02/06/long-ago-interviews-jeffrey-archer/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/256px-jeffrey_archer_in_bangalore.jpgJeffrey ArcherArcher signs books in Bangalore, India, 2009. Picture: Mike Lynch.https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/jeffrey_archer.jpgJeffrey_ArcherJeffrey Archer in 1998. Picture courtesy London School of Economics.https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sundaybooks-1986.jpgSunday Star Books 1986An example of my Sunday Star books page from 1986. Unfortunately, I no longer have a clipping of my Jeffrey Archer interview.2014-02-07T22:24:45+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2014/01/29/dear-architects/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/show.jpgshowerOut with grouting, tiny tiles and difficult shower doorshttps://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/door.jpgDoorOur Victorian-style front-of-house security door: a dust collector. https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/fence.jpgfenceTechnology can't fix a broken fence2014-01-31T00:26:06+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2014/01/27/dont-get-mad/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/raysways.jpgRaysWaysRays' Ways, pastel painting by Caron Eastgate Dann, ©20112014-02-08T20:59:19+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2014/01/24/cauliflower-is-the-new-rice/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/cauli.jpgcaulihttps://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/rogan.jpgRoganMy rogan josh, complete with cauliflower rice.2014-02-16T00:21:53+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/03/18/new-york-1968-love-daddy/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/ny1968.jpgNY1968https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/ny1968_0001.jpgNY1968_0001https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/mydearlittleman.jpgMyDearLittleMan2014-01-19T06:25:43+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2014/01/19/love-letters-in-the-attic/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/photo.jpgLetters2014-02-09T22:59:20+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2014/01/17/childhood-memories/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/mary_cassatt_young_mother_sewing.jpgMary_Cassatt_Young_Mother_Sewinghttps://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/1024px-queen_victorias_carriage_at_the_diamond_jubilee_4711818124.jpg1024px-Queen_Victorias_carriage_at_the_Diamond_Jubilee_(4711818124)Forgotten by Christie: Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, 1897. Picture courtesy National Maritime Museum from Greenwich, UK, via Wikimedia Commons2014-01-17T02:39:04+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2014/01/11/drafts-to-write-a-novel/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/oldgadgetsno-1.jpgOldGadgetsNo.1My painting of my old manual typewriter, bought in Bangkok in 1991, on which I wrote part of my first novel. I bought it so I could continue working on the novel during the frequent power cuts we had in those days.2014-01-11T22:41:41+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/01/08/a-writers-diary-1-finding-time-to-write/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/my-books.jpgMy books2014-01-11T01:18:39+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/01/12/a-writers-diary-2-goodbye-dear-little-filing-system/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/file.jpg1990s writer's filing systemYe Olde Worlde Filing System, c1991.2014-01-11T01:17:56+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/01/16/writers-diary-3-into-the-unknown/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/photo.jpgDoi Suthep, Thailand Let your writing take you into the unknown. (By the way, I visited this jungle path, at Queen Sirikit's palace grounds on Doi Suthep, near Chiang Mai, Thailand, in November. I didn't realise until I got home that I had been there before, 20 years ago). 2014-01-11T01:13:08+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/01/27/writers-diary-4-build-a-bridge-and-find-your-inner-engineer/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/800px-pierre_pflimlin_bridge_finished.jpg800px-Pierre_Pflimlin_Bridge_FinishedThe completed Pierre Pflimlin Bridge, which was opened in 2002.https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/pierre_pflimlin_bridge_under_construction.jpgPierre_Pflimlin_Bridge_Under_ConstructionConstruction of the segmental Pierre Pflimlin Bridge over the Rhine in 2001. The bridge was opened in 2002.2014-01-11T01:12:02+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/02/25/writers-diary-5-bring-out-yer-dead-bring-out-yer-dead/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/432px-pink_candy.jpgCandy-ValbergImage by Dmitry K Valberg2014-01-11T01:11:21+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/08/25/how-to-finish-your-novel-ditch-the-to-do-list/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/screen-shot-2013-08-25-at-10-27-07-am.pngScreen Shot 2013-08-25 at 10.27.07 AMhttps://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/screen-shot-2013-08-25-at-10-17-44-am.pngScreen Shot 2013-08-25 at 10.17.44 AM2014-01-11T01:10:04+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2012/12/18/the-dreaded-to-do-list/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/img_1012.jpgTime ManagerRemember these? My Time Manager folder, 1988-1998.2014-01-11T00:47:45+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/02/02/digital-art-versus-traditional-art-media/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/photo.jpgLucy Locket, by Caron DannLucy Locket, digital painting by Caron Dann, 2012https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/maggie.jpgMaggie"Maggie", by Caron Dann, 2012.2014-01-11T00:44:23+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/02/21/418/2014-01-11T00:43:43+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/02/22/thailand-in-my-bookcase/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/blog-pics.jpgMy Thailand book collection2014-01-11T00:42:48+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/03/02/my-sentimental-journey/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/mer.jpgMermaid s&pPoor little mermaid: damaged ornaments with no sentimental value have to go.https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/glasses.jpg******glasseshttps://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/el-bell.jpgElephant bellThe remaining framed elephant bell. The other bell, minus its frame, is now a perfect doorstop.2014-01-11T00:22:54+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/06/27/im-a-poet-and-i-didnt-know-it/2014-01-11T00:21:56+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/03/30/pets-for-peace/2014-01-11T00:19:47+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/07/27/in-praise-of-the-beige-cardie/2014-01-11T00:18:08+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2014/01/01/a-perfect-new-years-day/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/michaelcat.jpgMichaelCat2014-01-11T00:16:20+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/10/09/roses-are-red-my-love/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/rose2.jpgrose2https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/rose-1.jpgRose 12014-01-11T00:15:43+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/11/22/home-alone/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/home2.jpghome2https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/home1.jpgHome1https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/home3.jpghome32014-01-11T00:14:42+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2014/01/08/the-top-10-things-cool-guys-do-on-the-trains-of-japan/2014-01-08T03:07:55+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2014/01/06/finally-2013-in-review/2014-01-07T00:18:42+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2014/01/05/the-books-that-were-my-2013-top-reads/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/death-comes-to-pemberley.jpgDeath-comes-to-Pemberleyhttps://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/books-1.jpgBooks-1https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/books-luminaries.jpgbooks-luminarieshttps://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/books-march.jpgBooks-March2014-01-06T08:17:32+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2014/01/04/writers-on-writing-1-angela-savage/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/btnbazaar.jpegbtnbazaarhttps://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/the-half-child.jpgthe-half-childhttps://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dyingbeach.jpgDyingbeachhttps://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/ang_portrait.jpgAng_portrait Angela Savage.2014-06-04T07:26:07+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/12/31/pixel-romance-game-lover-proposes-with-an-original-video-game/2013-12-31T13:53:46+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/12/31/what-not-to-resolve-on-new-years-eve/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/hawaii.jpgHawaii, July 4, 2013OK, this was actually taken at the fireworks display for July 4 this year over Oahu, Hawaii, but fireworks are fireworks! Image by Gordon Dann, 2013.2013-12-31T22:16:56+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/12/28/the-worlds-most-romantic-present/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/rom1.jpgRom1https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/romance2.jpgRomance22013-12-31T00:17:13+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/12/22/the-steampunk-capital-of-the-world-who-would-have-thought/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/img_2476.jpgIMG_2476Donna Demente's Grainstore Gallery, Oamaru. Picture ©Caron Eastgate Dann 2013https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/img_2475.jpgIMG_2475Donna Demente's Grainstore Gallery, Oamaru. Picture ©Caron Eastgate Dann 2013https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/img_2474.jpgIMG_2474https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/img_2481.jpgIMG_2481Steampunk Oamaru's main street. Picture ©Caron Eastgate Dann 2013https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/img_2464.jpgOamaru, NZApproaching Oamaru's Victorian precinct from ??? St. Picture ©Caron Eastgate Dann 2013https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/img_2485.jpgIMG_2485Steampunk HQ in Oamaru's Victorian precinct. Picture ©Caron Eastgate Dann 20132013-12-31T23:55:49+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/12/21/a-writers-home-in-the-kingdom-by-the-sea/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/frame-new1.jpgFrame-newhttps://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/frame-new.jpgFrame-newhttps://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/img_2488.jpgIMG_2488https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/img_2489.jpgIMG_2489https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/img_2496.jpgOamaru, NZ"The kingdom by the sea", Janet Frame's home, Oamaru. Picture ©Caron Eastgate Dann2013-12-30T22:48:42+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/12/18/tis-the-season/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dome.jpgdomeWhat is it? Why it's my novelty snow dome bottle stopper, of course, and it comes out only at this time of year.2013-12-18T22:04:35+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/12/17/austerity-and-writing/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/cheese-final.jpgcheese-final2013-12-17T11:30:15+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/12/11/the-toy-i-always-wantedbut-was-afraid-to-ask-for/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/mermaid.jpgmermaidhttps://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/caronat13.jpgCaronAt13Me as a New Zealand schoolgirl in my blackwatch tartan summer uniform https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/caron1972-3.jpgCaron1972-3And as a school girl in America, free of uniform...but still wanting a Barbie doll!2015-10-23T23:33:10+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/12/09/christmas-accomplished/2013-12-11T14:46:29+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/12/06/the-first-book-i-bought/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/famousfive.jpgFamous FiveThis edition, published in 1970 by Green Knight (but first published in 1942 by Hodder & Stoughton) has a list of prices for different countries of the British commonwealth on the back: UK 3/- (shillings) or 15p, Australia and New Zealand 45c, South Africa 40c, Canada 65c.https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/princess_0001.jpgPrincess_0001My edition of The Little Princess was published by Platt & Munk in 1967, though I didn't buy it until 1975. The dust jacket says the artist is Stewart Sherwood, a 24-year-old Canadian, who despite his youth had already won many awards for advertising art and had been published in books and magazines across the US and Europe. (Googling Sherwood reveals he is still an artist, painting designs for books, cards and collectable plates. You can see more of his artwork here). This is why I always like books with dust jackets: they contain information not elsewhere in the book. One library I frequent infuriates me by removing all the dust jackets, instead of covering them and leaving them with the book.2013-12-08T12:03:35+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/11/26/my-unnatural-enemy-old-father-time/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/time.jpgtimeTick tock, tick tock...time is getting away. Photo ©Caron Eastgate Dann2013-12-03T19:45:34+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/11/22/call-me-a-kiwi-but-not-a-bird-or-a-fruit/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/kiwi.jpgkiwiPhoto © Caron Dann, 20132013-11-22T15:21:37+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/11/16/my-favourite-old-recipe-books/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/rec1.jpgrec1https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/rec2.jpgRec2https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/rec3.jpgrec3https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/rec4.jpgrec4https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/rec5.jpgrec5https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/rec6.jpgrec6https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/rec7.jpgrec7https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/rec8.jpgrec8https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/rec9.jpgrec9https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/rec10.jpgMy recipe book caseMy recipe books take up two shelves of a big bookcase, and I have culled them to just the ones I use or am likely to use.2013-11-17T14:09:52+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/11/09/life-in-the-margins-of-books-that-is/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/som-script3_0001.jpgSOM-script3_0001https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/som-script3_0002.jpgSOM-script3_0002https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/som-script.jpgSOM-scripthttps://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/books.jpgbooksI still buy print books: these are from my "to read" shelf. But half the books I buy now are for an electronic reader.2013-11-21T23:12:11+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/11/05/sky-high/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/blue.jpgSky High2013-11-05T13:21:46+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/10/31/if-everyone-in-the-world-did-this/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/rubb4.jpgrubb4...But you might be able to bring yourself to pick this up. It's a crumpled bit of paper, in among the leaves and grass.https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/rubb5.jpgrubb5...and this one, a bit too high to smell, but adding its beauty to the street where I live.https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/rubb2.jpgrubb2So wake up and smell the roses, like this one poking through a fence on my street...https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/rubb1.jpgRubb1This is the sort of thing I see in the streets everywhere. You might not want to pick this up...2013-11-19T21:33:23+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/10/28/spooky-little-monday-morning/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/monday.jpgSpooky Little Monday MorningHalloween birthday girl-to-be Lucy Locket gets spooky on Monday morning. Picture by Caron Eastgate Dann2014-06-04T22:54:30+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/10/21/odd-things-i-own-1/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/lucycoral.jpgLucyCoralhttps://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/photo-5.jpgphoto 5https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/photo-4.jpgphoto 4https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/photo-1.jpgphoto 1https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/photo-2.jpgphoto 2https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/photo-3.jpgOsbournes talking-head dolls2013-10-28T01:13:05+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/08/30/rock-on/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/oz.jpgOzzyMy talking Ozzy Osborne doll. But more about him and the other three Osborne dolls in a post for another day...https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/rockon.jpgrockon2013-10-20T23:26:00+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/10/09/how-do-you-interview-a-hitman/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/chopper.jpgChopperMy interview with Mark Brandon "Chopper Read' and his wife, Margaret, in 2003.2013-10-14T22:40:18+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/10/14/i-feel-like-letting-my-freak-flag-fly/2013-10-14T02:53:43+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/10/09/nintendo-president-reveals-why-he-doesnt-believe-in-staff-cuts/2013-10-09T01:45:28+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/10/09/john-lennon-conspiracy-theories-a-new-photo-and-an-imagined-audition/2013-10-08T22:36:18+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/10/07/the-letter-you-dont-wantbut-know-you-need/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dentist1-e1381099126584.jpgdentist2013-10-07T21:21:45+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/10/06/position-vacant-journalist-journalists-need-not-apply/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/press.jpg2013-10-06T20:56:25+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/10/03/sideshow-alley-and-the-silver-dollar/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_2129.jpgIMG_2129https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_2133.jpgShow dollPicture by Caron Eastgate Dann, 2013https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_2079.jpgSideshow alleyAt the Royal Melbourne Show, 2013. These days, it's $5 a game (five balls). There aren't many prizes there worth more than that... Picture by Caron Eastgate Dann2013-10-03T22:36:18+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/09/30/im-late-im-late/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_2072.jpgIMG_20722013-09-30T22:33:25+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/09/21/the-sad-case-of-margaret-mary-professor-of-the-working-poor/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/gown.jpggown2013-09-23T00:16:31+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/09/17/fluffy-cat-and-dog-sushi-turns-heads-and-wins-hearts-in-south-korea/2013-09-16T23:09:32+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/09/15/i-robot-or-danger-will-robinson-exterminate-exterminate/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/robot.jpgrobotThe Space-Robo, made in Japan by Tomy, 1969.2013-09-18T04:32:39+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/09/09/the-evolution-of-music-in-just-a-couple-of-minutes/2013-09-11T02:58:53+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/09/06/taboo-the-topic-young-men-wont-talk-about/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/image.jpgImage2013-09-18T00:09:19+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/08/17/the-tiny-adventure-of-the-moon/2013-08-18T19:46:36+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/08/17/think-you-have-a-creepy-boss-lotteria-has-you-beat-with-manager-sadako/2013-08-17T01:02:44+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/08/17/cats-by-candlelight/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/catcandle.jpgcatcandle2013-08-17T11:02:14+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/08/10/youve-won/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/movies73_2.jpgIn the 1970s, these were called "flyers" and, as you can see, were displayed to casting agents in ringbinders. There's a full-page photo on the other side.2013-08-14T01:31:23+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/08/09/painting-canada/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/canada.jpgVancouver-Kamloops from Rocky MountaineerMy painting from a photo taken during the Rocky Mountaineer journey, Vancouver-Kamloops leg. PanPastels on treated board. ©Caron Eastgate Dann 20132013-12-30T00:32:49+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/08/04/the-colour-of-the-mountains/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/rockymountaineer2.jpgRocky MountaineerAll aboard the Rocky Mountaineer, about to leave Kamloops for Banff. Picture by Caron Eastgate Dann 2013https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/banff.jpgBanffThe view from behind our hotel at Banff. Photo by Caron Eastgate Dann 2013https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/rm-kamloops-banff1.jpgRM-Kamloops-Banff1https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/rm-kamloops-banff2.jpgRM-Kamloops-Banff2View from the Rocky Mountaineer train on the Kamloops-Banff leg. Picture by Caron Eastgate Dann 2013https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/rm-nearlakelouise.jpgRM-nearLakeLouiseOn the Rocky Mountaineer train, near the Lake Louise stop just before Banff. Picture by Caron Eastgate Dann 2013https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/rm-vancouver-kamloops.jpgRM-Vancouver-KamloopsAn hour or so out of If you look closely towards the left-hand corner, you can just see the picnic table at this tranquil boat mooring only an hour or so out of Vancouver. Picture by Caron Eastgate Dann 2013https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/rm-vancouver-kamloops1.jpgRM-Vancouver-Kamloops1On the Rocky Mountaineer between Vancouver and Kamloops. Picture by Caron Eastgate Dann 2013https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/travelpaints.jpgTravelPaintsMy Winsor & Newton travelling water colour set. Picture by Caron Eastgate Dannhttps://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/vancouver-kamloops.jpgVancouver-KamloopsMy water colour painting of a scene early in my Rocky Mountaineer train journey from Vancouver to Banff. ©Caron Eastgate Dann 20132013-08-04T15:13:15+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/08/03/flying-fish-and-beef-stifado-kokari-samos/2013-08-02T22:03:26+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/08/01/10-incredible-tiny-houses-in-japan-a-photo-tour/2023-08-13T11:34:47+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/07/31/dear-media/2013-08-06T05:13:13+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/07/28/when-you-least-expect-it/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/vancouverlookout.jpgVancouverLookoutView from the Vancouver Lookout. Photo ©Caron Eastgate Dannhttps://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/can-bear.jpgBlack Bear, CanadaAs this big black bear ambled away down this suburban path at Lynn Valley, North Vancouver, he turned to look at us, then continued on his way. Photo ©Gordon Dannhttps://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/canada-lynnvalley.jpgCanada-LynnValleyLynn Canyon suspension bridge, North Vancouver. Photo ©Caron Eastgate Dann2013-07-28T02:58:02+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/07/14/my-secret-island/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/20130713-190911.jpg20130713-190911.jpg2013-07-26T02:51:03+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/07/08/weekly-photo-challenge-nostalgic/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/20130707-104112.jpg20130707-104112.jpg2013-07-13T18:54:53+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/06/29/peacetime-at-home/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/phuket.jpgPhuketEven if you can't afford a trip to a beach like this at Phuket, Thailand, you can still take a vacation at home. Painting in PanPastels on board, ©Caron Eastgate Dann, 2012.2013-09-06T23:22:05+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/06/08/old-gadgets/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/oldgadgets3.jpgOldGadgets3Old Gadgets #3: Panasonic cassette player-recorder, 1973; Sony Walkman, 2000. Acrylics and Faber-Castell Pitt artist pens on treated board.By Caron Eastgate Dann, 2013.2013-06-27T05:12:18+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/06/22/amazing-stories-of-trust-1-the-airline-and-the-lost-baggage/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/old-bag.jpgCross-countryImage courtesy Mark J P on Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/pyth0ns/5812681105/2013-06-27T05:12:06+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/06/17/day-463-4-years-of-my-life/2013-06-17T04:00:10+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/06/16/the-perfect-inventions-top-11/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/lucyradio.jpgRadio Lucy: my cat likes to listen to the radio. I've heard they also like a CD, and there are some specially made for cats. That might be taking it a bit far. Picture © Caron Eastgate Dann, 2013.Radio Lucy: my cat likes to listen to the radio. I've heard they also like a CD, and there are some specially made for cats. That might be taking it a bit far. Picture © Caron Eastgate Dann, 2013.2013-06-16T14:34:41+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/06/01/light-of-my-life/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/lamp.jpglamphttps://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/lamp2.jpglamp22013-06-01T15:39:32+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2012/11/18/16/2015-04-21T02:14:10+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/05/25/marmiteversusvegemite/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/photo.jpgphotoMy version of Nigella Lawson's Marmite/Vegemite spaghettihttps://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/marmite.jpgMarmite2022-12-14T16:38:00+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/05/22/new-media-tautology/2013-05-22T06:20:07+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/05/19/about-face/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/hmong.jpgHmongMerchants at a Hmong village, Doi Suthep, Thailand, 1991. Picture © Caron Eastgate Dann, 1991.https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/lisu.jpgLisuhttps://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/akha-finished.jpgAkha hilltribe woman, 1991Akha hilltribe woman, Doi Suthep, Thailand, 1991, by © Caron Eastgate Dann, 2011. Acrylics on canvas board. 2013-05-21T15:30:52+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/05/17/angry-mr-smith-a-parable/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/venice-e1368750874398.jpg'Venice Beach, sunset', pastel painting © Caron Eastgate Dann, 20122013-05-18T12:21:29+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/05/13/thailand-kaleidoscope-of-patterns/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/img_0681-e1368404886928.jpgSerene Hotel, Chiang SaenThe Serene Hotel at the Golden Triangle, near Chiang Saen, with views across the river to Laos and Myanmar.https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/img_0607.jpgWat Doi SuthepGolden umbrella with intricate lacework at Wat Doi Suthep, near Chiang Maihttps://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/img_0871.jpgGrand Palace, BangkokGrand Palace, Bangkokhttps://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/img_0880.jpgIMG_0880https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/img_0886.jpgTemple wall, Grand PalaceTemple Wall detail, Grand Palace, Bangkokhttps://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/img_0883.jpgGrand Palace, BangkokTemple tile details, Grand Palace, Bangkokhttps://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/img_0864.jpgGrand Palace, BangkokDetail, temple wall, Grand Palace, Bangkokhttps://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/img_0862.jpgIMG_0862https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/img_0598.jpgIMG_0598https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/img_0594.jpgGrand palace tilesFloor tiles at Wat Doi Suthep, Chiang Mai2013-05-13T20:40:55+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/05/03/recreationist-theory/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/grandcanyon.jpgGrandCanyon2013-05-06T22:56:36+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/04/28/my-mum-an-excellent-cook/2013-04-28T22:55:41+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/04/25/back-to-burma/2013-04-24T23:52:18+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/04/19/new-zealand-paints-a-rainbow/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/rainbow_at_maraetai_beach_new_zealand.jpgRainbow_At_Maraetai_Beach_New_ZealandMaraetai Beach, NZ, courtesy Tomwsulcer & Haley Sulcer2013-05-03T01:53:11+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/04/12/life-in-the-fast-lane-or-revenge-of-the-madding-crowd/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/rush1.jpgRush1St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne CBD, 1981: scenes like this impressed me enough as a teenager to make me move to Melbourne in my 20s.https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/rush.jpgRushPlatform 1, Flinders St station: Yes, it's 7.55am and I am rushing to my second train connection of the day. Picture: Caron Dann2013-04-13T05:14:56+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/04/09/beg-borrow-steal-art-copyright-and-the-internet/2013-04-09T05:59:32+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/03/24/letter-from-my-17-year-old-self/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/ati-aspirations-2.jpgATI-Aspirations-2https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/ati-aspirations.jpgATI-aspirations2013-03-31T01:55:57+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/03/31/thesoundofmusic/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/vorn.jpgVorn Doolette"The Musician", pastel painting of Vorn Doolette, by Caron Eastgate Dann2013-03-31T22:56:06+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/03/29/living-in-tomorrowland/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/ballet1_0003.jpgBallet1_0003Charcoal drawing by Caron Eastgate Dann, featuring the first native-American ballerina, Maria Tallchief, as Firebird for the New York City Ballet in 1949. The reference was a black & white photograph in the 1987 book Ballerina, by Mary Clarke & Clement Crisp.2013-03-29T22:10:08+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/03/13/449/2013-03-24T02:07:22+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/03/15/youre-never-too-old-to-dance/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/carnation.jpgCarnationA White Sports Coat...And a Pink Carnationhttps://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/juke.jpgjuke box2013-03-15T22:48:26+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/03/09/448/2013-03-09T02:17:47+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/03/05/im-not-very-smart/2013-03-06T07:06:39+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/02/22/peace-is-possible/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/peace.jpgPeace is Possible"Peace is Possible", by Caron Eastgate Dann: I put together this makeshift peace sign out of bits and bobs—buttons, brooches, earrings (I always knew those buttons you get in tiny plastic packets when you buy something new would come in handy one day).2013-05-30T11:03:34+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/02/19/the-art-of-food/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/niccca7oise.jpgSalad Niçoisehttps://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/makingsangria.jpgMakingSangriahttps://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/pear-shaped.jpgPear-shapedhttps://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/onlyonhis.jpgOnlyOnHisDayOffhttps://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/pplemon.jpgLemon and Knifehttps://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/cutmefeb2011.jpgCutMeFeb20112013-02-21T14:43:09+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/02/19/industrial-ballet/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/thainikon-022.jpgSuvarnabhumi Airport, copyright Caron Eastgate Dann 2012https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/thainikon-021.jpgSuvarnabhumi Airport, copyright Caron Eastgate Dann 2012https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/thainikon-020.jpgSuvarnabhumi Airport, copyright Caron Eastgate Dann 2012https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/thainikon-019.jpgThainikon 019https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/thainikon-018.jpgThainikon 018https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/thainikon-017.jpgThainikon 017https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/thainikon-016.jpgSuvarnabhumi Airport, copyright Caron Eastgate Dann 2012https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/thainikon-015.jpgThainikon 015https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/thainikon-014.jpgThainikon 014https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/thainikon-013.jpgSuvarnabhumi Airport2013-02-18T22:24:08+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/02/09/the-secret-to-writing-a-bestseller/2013-02-17T07:26:27+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/02/16/cooking-grandma-style/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/abbotts1939_0001.jpgAbbotts1939_0001My great-grandmother in 1938 or early 1939 with "all the boys", including my father as a toddler. Shortly after this, her son Harold (standing directly behind her), would be killed in World War II.https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/mash_potatoes.jpgMash_PotatoesJust like Grandma used to make.2022-07-04T13:33:29+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/02/14/through-a-glass-darkly/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/yourself.jpgYourselfhttps://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/glasshouse1.jpgGlasshouse1https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/glasshouse2.jpgGlasshouse2https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/glasshouse3.jpgGlasshouse3https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/glasshouse4.jpgGlasshouse4https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/glasshouse-5.jpgGlasshouse 52013-03-31T13:10:06+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/02/08/cats-i-have-known/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/drharrybabette.jpgDr Harry & BabetteAustralian TV celebrity vet Dr Harry with Babette. His verdict: "A lovely cat, but she won't be best in show".https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/bookish.jpgBookishLucy Locket stars as "A Bookish Cat" in a pastel painting I did of her this week.2013-02-08T10:32:40+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/02/05/weekly-writing-challenge-the-great-ebook-versus-pbook-debate/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/kindle1.jpgkindlehttps://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/radio.jpgradiohttps://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/archer.jpgArcher, Crayon Files2013-09-06T23:24:22+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/about/2024-10-18T01:05:07+00:00weekly0.6https://carondann.com/2013/02/01/my-brilliant-careers/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/correctshistoryprofessor-remembersbeingthere.jpgCorrectsHistoryProfessor-RemembersBeingThere2013-02-02T01:01:52+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/02/01/whats-in-a-name/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/img.jpgCrayon FilesCrayon-to-be: Caron at work at the magazine in 1990, about six years before the "Crayon" nickname came about. 2013-11-21T23:16:37+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/01/26/travel-theme-walls/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/grandpalace.jpgGrand PalaceMy painting of tile detail at the Grand Palace, Bangkok. Pastel on board.https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/ayutthaya-1.jpgAyutthaya-1https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/makingsangria.jpgMakingSangria2013-02-05T22:46:34+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/01/25/bambi-the-dentist-and-the-mona-lisa/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/mona-lisa.jpgMona Lisahttps://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/bambi_book_cover.jpgBambi_book_coverhttps://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/bambi.jpgBambi2013-01-26T13:18:17+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/01/14/my-life-in-tv/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/tvweek.jpgTVWeekGoing, going, gone: some of my old TV Week clippings that I don't need any more.2013-01-15T23:17:35+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2013/01/05/bloggers-for-peace-rediscovering-the-inner-peace-of-childhood/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/kennedys-bay-waiheke.jpgKennedy's Bay WaihekeThe view from a hammock at Kennedy's Bay, Waiheke Island, New Zealand. Picture: Yvette Parsons2013-02-19T02:18:05+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2012/12/31/heres-to-a-peaceful-new-year-make-goals-not-rules/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/chiangmaitemple.jpgChiangMaiTempleWat Buppharam, Chiang Mai. Pen & wash, by Caron Eastgate Dann.2013-01-01T01:28:20+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2012/12/29/bloggers-for-peace-baby-steps-to-peace-on-earth-or-ask-yourself-what-would-jo-march-do/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/photo.jpgRoad rageRoad rage: don't do it!2012-12-30T08:41:02+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2012/12/27/rediscovering-a-book-from-childhood/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/little-women.jpglittle-women2012-12-30T09:17:43+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2012/12/23/have-you-heard-the-one-about-the-journalist-who-wanted-to-be-a-novelist/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/twain-reporter.jpgTwain-reporterMark Twain as editor of the Territorial Enterprise, Virginia City, Nevada, 18632012-12-23T06:14:15+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2012/12/14/how-to-manage-five-essential-questions-to-ask-yourself/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/i-love-lucy-2.jpgI love LucyThe famous chocolate-factory scene from the 1950s sitcom I Love Lucy: a classic depiction of mismanagement (lack of training, ineffective supervision etc), leading to chaos in the workplace.2012-12-14T13:53:23+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2012/12/13/travel-theme-circle/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/img_09921.pngIMG_0992https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/img_09961.jpgIMG_0996https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/img_0954.jpgIMG_0954https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/img_1008.jpgIMG_1008https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/img_0989.jpgRottohttps://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/img_0984.jpgGold Coasthttps://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/img_1005.jpgKiwihttps://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/img_0997.jpgSt Moritzhttps://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/img_1003.jpgBangkokhttps://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/img_1007.jpgLaos2013-01-07T21:29:04+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2012/12/01/everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-beginning-artbut-were-afraid-to-ask-part-one/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/perfumes.jpgPerfumes"Chanel, Siren & Fragile", PanPastels on Pastel Mat paper, 2012.https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/voices-from-home.jpgVoices From Homehttps://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/thaitonight-scan.jpgThaiTonight-scanhttps://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/onlyonhis.jpgOnlyOnHis"Only On His Day Off". Acrylics on canvas board. This one was painted for my husband, Gordon Dann, who works evening shift as a journalist. LESSONS: lines go wiggly when under glass; to paint difficult items, such as crackers, really look at them and paint what you see.https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/pplemon.jpg"Lemon and Knife" PanPastels on pastel paper. 2011.https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/cutmefeb2011.jpgCutMeFeb2011https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/australia1.jpgAustralia2012-12-13T05:01:22+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2012/12/09/everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-beginning-artbut-were-afraid-to-ask-part-two-old-gadgets/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/oldgadgets-no-21.jpgOldGadgets No.2Old Gadgets No. 2: my film-era camera, 1999. Acrylics on board. The prints are from a trip I did to China in 2001. The slides are the only ones I ever took, on a trip to Vietnam in about 1996.https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/chbpress.jpgCHBPressCaron Eastgate as a cadet reporter, Central Hawke's Bay Press, 1979. Note the manual phone. The typewriter is pushed up like that to indicate that I've finished my story and will now work on another. I'm also balancing my cheque book. I had to leave home to come to this job, and when I went to the bank to enquire about a cheque account, they told me I wasn't old enough to have one. When I said I was a reporter, however, they made an exception.https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/oldgadgetsno-1.jpgOldGadgetsNo.1Old Gadgets No. 1: my manual typewriter, bought in Bangkok, 1991. On the case is the German version of my novel, The Occidentals (Das Erbst Der Schwestern). I wrote the first draft of this novel many years before it was published, on this typewriter. Acrylics on board.https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/old-gadgets-no1.jpgOld Gadgets No.1Old Gadgets No.1: my old manual typewriter, bought in Bangkok, 1991. Acrylics on board.2012-12-10T00:13:17+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2012/11/20/travel-theme-mystical/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/aaapaintset.jpgpaint sethttps://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/goldentriangle1.jpgGoldenTriangle paintinghttps://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/goldentriangle.jpgGoldenTriangle paintinghttps://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/aaagoldentriangle.jpgGoldenTrianglehttps://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/aaamekongfog.jpgMekong Fog2012-12-01T23:16:19+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2012/11/28/my-750-dinner-why-it-was-worth-it/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dome.jpgDomeThe Lebua Hotel in Bangkok by day. Sirocco is just below the dome.https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/sirocco1.jpgSiroccoThe view from our table. Picture by Gordon Dannhttps://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/sky-bar1.jpgSiroccoThe spectacular view from the Sirocco restaurant and its Sky Bar. Image courtesy of Lebua Hotels and Resortshttps://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/sirocco.jpgSirocco2The view from our table. Picture by Gordon Dannhttps://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/sky-bar.jpgSiroccoThe spectacular view from the Sirocco restaurant and its Sky Bar. Image courtesy Lebua Hotels and Resorts2012-12-19T03:08:09+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2012/11/25/travel-theme-liquid/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/oldhouse2_00021.jpgOldHouse on Soi 11 (2)https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/oldhouse1.jpgOld House on Soi 11https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/oldhouse2_0002.jpgOldHouse2_0002https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/oldhouse.jpgOldHouse2023-12-16T22:11:23+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2012/11/22/thewaywepack/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/ready.jpgLight packingThis is the way I pack...the pencil case with the retro Penguin cover contains my miniature art set for painting en route.2012-11-22T06:29:48+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.com/2012/11/18/backtobangkok/https://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_0726.jpgBangkok, 2012Bangkok 2012: view from the Landmark Hotel, Sukhumvithttps://carondann.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/bkk-1991.jpgBangkok, 1991A view from the Tara Hotel on Sukhumvit Soi 262012-11-20T00:14:52+00:00monthlyhttps://carondann.comdaily1.02024-10-18T01:05:07+00:00