Archive for the “places” category

Little Dreams

by Pippa on April 12, 2012

Little Dreams

And what of the world traveller, the woman who’s now lived in 5 different countries?

I am so very glad to regularly lay myself down in this, our most beautiful bed. It’s comfortably soft and firm at the same time …

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Facets

by Pippa on October 26, 2011

I feel frustrated that when I do write on battlecat these days it’s to share the darker side of life. My last posts were on anxiety and of past weeks, while  luckily I’ve been less anxious I find myself more …

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Bring Me Back

by Pippa on June 12, 2011

I was most recently in Adelaide at the beginning of this year with T as we traveled across the country meeting and greeting family and loved ones. T is possibly a better child to his parents than I am and …

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far / fahren

by Pippa on May 16, 2011

[Don't get confused - it's not a direct translation, but the alliteration fits.]

I’ve lived overseas (on and off) for about 5 years now and it has always been with the knowledge that distance makes it much harder to maintain …

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The Grocery Geography.

by Pippa on February 28, 2010

Over the last year, one of the things I’m most proud of  is having stayed put. I didn’t move to a new country*, I barely took any planes and apart from regularly visiting the bearded maths captain [BMC] in Linz, …

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Amazing Kunstdinge

by Pippa on September 10, 2009

Amazing Kunstdinge, originally uploaded by Fighting Tiger.

Back at the start of April I bought this for €1 from some kids running a stall outside the front of their building.

They had a box on a piece of …

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it tastes like burning

by Pippa on August 15, 2009

  • an electric can opener
  • an old vacuum cleaner
  • a blender

Maybe it’s just because there was a bunch of smoke, but I actually enjoyed tonight’s interpretation of John Cage’s Variations VII.  Apart from the smell of some really hideous …

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“On the Ground”

by Pippa on June 30, 2009

“On the ground” in Austria from battlecat on Vimeo.…

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California by FBZ

by Pippa on May 26, 2009

California by FBZ, originally uploaded by Fighting Tiger.

Fabienne (aka FBZ) of fabienne.us and HardHack (May 28, 29, @ C-Base) drew a map of California for the nottoscale project.  The first Berlin Geek Picnic was rained out as …

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First Video Blog…

by Pippa on May 25, 2009

As part of my 100 Things I Want To Learn list I’ve made my first video blog post. I learnt how to export from iMovie and how to wait patiently while videos compress, get uploaded and then converted by Vimeo. …

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