The Incomparable Leonard Cohen

He's now in his 70s and his concert last Wednesday night in Sydney was just superlative! A Jewish boy from Montreal, fringe dweller of Andy Warhol's New York Factory crowd in the 60s, inspiration for Lou Reed and Bob Dylan, a Buddhist monk, poet, writer, and author and powerful performer of the incomparable Tower of Song, Hallelujah, Chelsea Hotel, Everybody Knows and the familiar Suzanne. He performed for well over 3 hours.....elegant, gracious, sardonic, mesmerising, foggy voiced and generous, sharing the stage with his 9, just as superlative accompanying musicians. Rob and I floated out of the Sydney Entertainment Centre, enraptured by the show.


We spent some time with Miss E. yesterday morning, marvelling at her increasing capacity for thoughtful, considered play, artistic expression and interaction. The current spell of high temperatures is a great excuse for indoor pursuits.

Miss E always has to do an inventory of my handbag each visit, which usually involves applying any lipstick she finds. The photographs I take on these visits always show the signs of these obligatory make up sessions.

It is really obvious that she gets very involved with story and picture books. One of her fascinations is with hats and helmets. This is her sign for the helmet or hat reference.

But she is entranced with all aspects of the story.