tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post114916219687938868..comments2023-12-08T00:54:27.168+11:00Comments on Sorrow at Sills Bend: end of semesterlucy tartanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09244574932248425378noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1149408094794492572006-06-04T18:01:00.000+10:002006-06-04T18:01:00.000+10:00Let me try that link again: Mildura Writers' Festi...Let me try that link again: <A HREF="http://www.mwaf.com.au" REL="nofollow">Mildura Writers' Festival</A>.<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure whether I'll make it as there are some dodgy family things happening. Do go if you can -- it's more fun than the city ones, with better weather, and some of the writers going are great value at festivals: Garner, Murray, Peter Rose and Barry Hill are all people who Kerryn Goldsworthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1149327738098728122006-06-03T19:42:00.000+10:002006-06-03T19:42:00.000+10:00I want to go. We'll see. Are you going? The...I want to go. We'll see. Are you going? <BR/><BR/>The festival is the weekend before the first teaching week and my classes are on Tuesdays, so maybe I can go up on Friday night and stay over.lucy tartanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244574932248425378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1149327152761031252006-06-03T19:32:00.000+10:002006-06-03T19:32:00.000+10:00I taught the Oresteia once in a Deakin course call...I taught the Oresteia once in a Deakin course called Myth and Literature in Society, or was it Myth and Society in Literature, or maybe Society ... <I>anyway</I>, I found that once they get it, ie that it is about cycles of retribution and reconciliation, the students love talking about it and the teaching hours just fly by.<BR/><BR/>Are you up there any time around July 18-23 when the <A HREF="Kerryn Goldsworthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1149255162162122232006-06-02T23:32:00.000+10:002006-06-02T23:32:00.000+10:00I've never been anywhere except between the airpor...I've never been anywhere except between the airport and the uni campus, which is on th eoutskirts of town. No, wait, I went to Stephano's cafe for lunch the first time. <BR/>Never stayed the night. Would really like to, some time.<BR/><BR/>Mark, thanks for that incredibly helpful suggestion.lucy tartanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244574932248425378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1149250906187217672006-06-02T22:21:00.000+10:002006-06-02T22:21:00.000+10:00I used to have to drive to Mildura from a major re...I used to have to drive to Mildura from a major regional for 4 years at least once a fortnight for 3 days or so 4 - 5 hours one way.<BR/><BR/>I often stayed at the Grand. It was the best place to meet random people for chatting to and had the grandest breakfast dining room. <BR/><BR/>But I really loved the hard competition by motels showing their price on the road in, bargains to be had during FXHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14927037961123914689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1149198117388470892006-06-02T07:41:00.000+10:002006-06-02T07:41:00.000+10:00That schedule looks inhuman! Baz had better run yo...That schedule looks inhuman! Baz had better run you a nice hot bath and have dinner on the table each week when you get home :)GShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11963643826578219126noreply@blogger.com