Category: Lyndal Cairns
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A love letter to the cars I have known
Read more: A love letter to the cars I have knownWith cars and with love, it’s complicated.
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Things I Did Not Learn in 2021
Read more: Things I Did Not Learn in 2021This time of year, we usually look back on what has transpired, how we felt about it, and what we learned. Yeah, let’s not do that. I’m not ready. So I’m going to focus instead on what I haven’t learned.
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The Repugnantly Delightful Stickiness of Shame
Read more: The Repugnantly Delightful Stickiness of ShameWhere does shame come from, how does it work, and why can’t we let it go when we want to?
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What I Learned About Writing From Magnetic Poetry
Read more: What I Learned About Writing From Magnetic PoetryHow using fridge poetry as a household bulletin board taught me fundamental truths about communicating.
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Recycling our environmental guilt
Read more: Recycling our environmental guiltBetween gulps of G&T, my heartbroken friend is cataloging all the things that are wrong with her freshly ended relationship: his emotional immaturity, her unmet need for stability, and then the kicker: “I can’t commit to someone who doesn’t bloody recycle!” I ask her why. Because his time and energy was worth more to him…
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What if We Make Climate Change a Game?
Read more: What if We Make Climate Change a Game?We are realizing the potential of gaming to teach ourselves and our children about the urgent challenges of climate change and environmental crisis.
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That awesome moment when your writing comes alive
Read more: That awesome moment when your writing comes aliveLast night, I spent 4 minutes writing a short piece of dialogue. Seconds later, an editor halfway across the world was reading it out on YouTube. Welcome to the awesome and surreal world of the digital writers’ festival.
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What your children can teach you about the environment
Read more: What your children can teach you about the environmentIt is natural for you to want the best for your children, and there are few things more important than teaching them about the environment. But what if a child’s view on ecology is exactly what we need?
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Facebook data gets personal
Read more: Facebook data gets personalProfile analytics are finally here! Here we try to make sense of our Facebook data and produce meaningful insights.
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Starting from scratch
Read more: Starting from scratchWhile I’d redeveloped a number of websites in my time, I’ve never started from nothing before I launched this site last August. This was my process.
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