Cenotaph at Christmas

Bronze soldiers Monuments to war From another time: We remember I was in the Sydney CBD yesterday, looking at the Christmas decorations and doing some late shopping. The crowds were awful, particularly in the shops, but the atmosphere was quite festive and pleasant and I actually had a lot of fun walking around, taking photos. [...]

Coogee Memorial

Blue ocean Holds my heart and tears Reminds me of you So far away Today is the ninth anniversary of the 2002 Bali Bombings. The bombings killed 202 people, including 88 Australians, and Bali is often considered our version of September 11, the moment when our part of the world changed forever. Many of those [...]

10 Things I’ve Learnt This Month

Image: A Writer’s Best Friend ~ © CJ Levinson 2011 Been busy writing the last few weeks, so haven’t had much time for an update until now. The novel’s coming along quite well; I’ve had to rethink how to approach it a bit as some of it wasn’t working but on the whole I’m happy [...]

Lest We Forget

Yesterday was ANZAC Day in Australia and New Zealand, commemorating the Gallipoli landing on April 25, 1915. Of the more than 44,000 Allied deaths at Gallipoli almost 11,000 were ANZACs; over 130,000 soldiers died on both sides… [Read more...]