An Intimate Knowledge of the Night by Terry Dowling

A compilation of short stories, most of which were definitely worth the time, very much liked this story about the preservation of the spirit of the last elephant.

Room Service and Lateshow by Frank Moorhouse

Was a bit hard to relate too - generation gap methinks.

Much re-reading of Sheri S. Tepper including Singer from the Sea, The Visitor, The Fresco and Shadow's End - all that feminism and pantheism was vewwy nice.

So this weekend thingy..

Puppy-sitting Wendy started a little nervously with Wendy attempting to spend the first night a) Digging out through the front door and b) Standing nobly on my bed peering wistfully out the window. After that she calmed down and was fabulous company for myself and the woofer although this may be partially attributed to my being the owner of chicken flavoured biscuits. I think having two woofers is great although having a blonde and a mulberry tree has certain obvious disadvantages. 

Saturday involved walking the woofers, house-cleaning, doing laundry, going to training, installing shelves, Orienteering and going to the movies. 

Sunday had been allotted to slothing (three-toed variety) but somehow found self participating in a public demonstration of defence from knife attacks for tsunami relief festival. Was fun and now know that reflex reaction to someone lunging at me with a knife is to want to jump on them and hit them - lots.