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Bolivia Burning REDD

Ready for a crash-course in Bolivian politics? This audio doco sought to understand why Bolivia was the only country to not sign the 2010 UN ...

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Pottery 1

Some months after Bub #2 arrived, my friend Lyn invited me to a pinch-pot class. It was my first experience with clay and I loved ...

Music

Easy Blues

This is the second recording from my new set up (which I’m still just getting to know). I’m not completely happy with it. For one, the ...

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The Campaigning Arms Race

Did you ever stop to wonder how truly democratic Australia is? Did you know that some places, like Switzerland, have forms of direct democracy (not ...

Music

Music Theory

As the saying goes, how long is a piece of string? I know the answer can be very long so I avoided music theory for ...

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eLearning Design for Foreign Language Learners

How do you feel when you hear these phrases: “design implications for sensory memory”, “top-down reading processes”, and “control-of-processing principle”. Yawn? If you’re in the ...

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Media & Society, a brief history

https://vimeo.com/68611213 This video, which I made in 2014, was to be the first in a short series intended for Citizen J, a program that was ...

Sewing

Tessuti Margot Pants 1

Although I’ve sewn a few score items in the past three or four years, not one was a pair of pants – unless I count ...

Sewing

Tessuti Rae Tops 1 & 2

If ever there was a time to lament not making a toile first (a mock-up in cheap fabric), this was it. Since there were hardly any ...

Recipes

Fallback Menu

Sometimes (often times!) I just don\’t want to think. Funnily enough, this happens a lot when it comes to food prep so I\’ve made myself ...

Recipes

Leafy Green Veg

Leafy green veggies, like buk-choi, choi-sam, wom-bok or guy-lan, are highly nutritious, quick to cook, and they go well with rice. To cook, start with ...

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Spinach Omelette

When I was a kid, a fried egg on rice with butter and Maggi sauce was one of our fallback meals. Unfortunately I can\’t bring ...

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Black Bean Beef & Capsicum

When my mum cooks this, it is only with green and red capsicum – but since one of my kids won\’t eat capsicum but will ...

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Homemade Chocolate

Homemade chocolates make a nice gift within a homemade origami box. Differently shaped silicone ice-cube trays are perfect to use if you have them. Apparently ...

Recipes

Cashew Cream Vegan Treat

This dessert is made up of 3 layers but you could take any one of those layers and make it its own simple dessert. It ...

Recipes

Fig and Bacon Entree

This little dish is decadent, what with its cream and bacon. Lucky it\’s only for entrée portions. It\’s simple and a winner if the figs ...