basically, i've....
finished uni (apart from finals) - relief!!!!
got a "job" (tutoring at a local library)
applied to study overseas in the second half of next year (eek)
done quite a bit of cooking - despite the heat we've been having, i couldn't resist making this: (toad in the hole)
and this: (chocolate, almond and mascarpone cookies)
i did a bit of inventing with the cookies, and they came out pretty well. at any rate, they tasted better than they look :)
i recently re-read this:
it's a non-fiction book and the debut work by science writer Rebecca Skloot. it tells the story of Henrietta Lacks, a young black woman who died in 1951 (aged 31) from an aggressive form of cervical cancer. cells taken from her tumour were grown in culture and defied all expectations by multiplying as an immortal cell line. this cell line (HeLa) has led to significant medical advancements (including the development of the polio vaccine). such a great book, i've read it about five times already, but each time i pick it up again it's only more brilliant.
today is remebrance day - commemorating the men and women who have fallen in war. as australia has recently lost a few diggers, i think today's remembrance day is even more significant that usual.
as Laurence Binyon wrote in 1914:
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.
lest we forget.
peace.
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