Jane O'Sullivan
@sightlined.bsky.social
Art writing & fiction in Vault, Meanjin, Apollo, Art Guide, Art Monthly, Okay Donkey, Milk Candy Review & New Flash Fiction Review
Secret sewing habit 🪡
janeosullivan.com.au
Secret sewing habit 🪡
janeosullivan.com.au
Freelance journos too...
I was just talking to @fordwalker.bsky.social about this: after using Scrivener, going back to Word for edits feels like *punishment*.
Yeah, it’s what the publishers use. We gotta track those changes.
And yet. It’s like being put in stocks.
Yeah, it’s what the publishers use. We gotta track those changes.
And yet. It’s like being put in stocks.
Me: OK, I need to indent this single line.
Word: how about the whole document?
Me: no!
Word: WHOLE DOCUMENT DONE 🙂
Me: Arghhh.
Word: yaaaaay indent!
Me: UNDO, UNDO
Word: *indents everything you've ever written in both the past and future*
Word: I'm a word processor!
Word: how about the whole document?
Me: no!
Word: WHOLE DOCUMENT DONE 🙂
Me: Arghhh.
Word: yaaaaay indent!
Me: UNDO, UNDO
Word: *indents everything you've ever written in both the past and future*
Word: I'm a word processor!
January 19, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Freelance journos too...
Spider bite update day 3: swelling finally going down + light bruise settling in
He's ok, no pain, but I sure would like to know what kind of spider it was!
He's ok, no pain, but I sure would like to know what kind of spider it was!
January 17, 2026 at 10:51 AM
Spider bite update day 3: swelling finally going down + light bruise settling in
He's ok, no pain, but I sure would like to know what kind of spider it was!
He's ok, no pain, but I sure would like to know what kind of spider it was!
Came home to find a note under the front door from the kid's best friend: "Tell me what you did on holiday I need to know! ps my dad will orgienise it with your parents"
January 15, 2026 at 8:38 AM
Came home to find a note under the front door from the kid's best friend: "Tell me what you did on holiday I need to know! ps my dad will orgienise it with your parents"
Spider bite update: his ankle is still swollen almost 24hrs later, yowch
Beautiful waterfall, lovely spot for a dip, 10/10 etc... until kid got bitten by a spider
January 15, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Spider bite update: his ankle is still swollen almost 24hrs later, yowch
Beautiful waterfall, lovely spot for a dip, 10/10 etc... until kid got bitten by a spider
January 14, 2026 at 2:31 AM
Beautiful waterfall, lovely spot for a dip, 10/10 etc... until kid got bitten by a spider
ah yep definitely glad I did that
January 10, 2026 at 5:43 AM
ah yep definitely glad I did that
Trying to prepare for a 43C day by taping cardboard boxes to the windows
January 9, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Trying to prepare for a 43C day by taping cardboard boxes to the windows
have not even opened scrivener for three weeks, who even am I?
January 7, 2026 at 6:10 AM
have not even opened scrivener for three weeks, who even am I?
some truly joyful photos in LOVING: Photographs of Men in Love 1850s-1950s in Canberra
It was a photo that, if leaked, was illegal. Now it's on public display
What started as a chance discovery of an old photo at a Dallas antique store has spawned a collection of more than 4,000 images of male couples, more than 100 of which are now on display in Canberra.
www.abc.net.au
January 7, 2026 at 2:33 AM
some truly joyful photos in LOVING: Photographs of Men in Love 1850s-1950s in Canberra
it was gooood
January 6, 2026 at 8:04 AM
it was gooood
little after work swim anyone?
January 6, 2026 at 7:11 AM
little after work swim anyone?
happy hot cross bun day x
December 26, 2025 at 1:01 AM
happy hot cross bun day x
happy christmas x
December 25, 2025 at 7:55 AM
happy christmas x
"oh that was good... that was really really good"
my youngest now in category five nutri-grain coma (oldest still muttering, could've sworn it was lego, etc etc)
my youngest now in category five nutri-grain coma (oldest still muttering, could've sworn it was lego, etc etc)
ahaha wrapped a box of nutri-grain and put it under the tree and the kids are going wild trying to guess, one thinks it's a jigsaw and the other is convinced it's lego, why is this so fun
December 24, 2025 at 9:24 PM
"oh that was good... that was really really good"
my youngest now in category five nutri-grain coma (oldest still muttering, could've sworn it was lego, etc etc)
my youngest now in category five nutri-grain coma (oldest still muttering, could've sworn it was lego, etc etc)
2025 was a big year with some big changes 〰️
Time for cherry season now. Wishing you & yours a chance to rest and recharge over the summer break. Like so many of us, I'm hoping 2026 brings the world some calm and peace x
Time for cherry season now. Wishing you & yours a chance to rest and recharge over the summer break. Like so many of us, I'm hoping 2026 brings the world some calm and peace x
December 24, 2025 at 3:55 AM
2025 was a big year with some big changes 〰️
Time for cherry season now. Wishing you & yours a chance to rest and recharge over the summer break. Like so many of us, I'm hoping 2026 brings the world some calm and peace x
Time for cherry season now. Wishing you & yours a chance to rest and recharge over the summer break. Like so many of us, I'm hoping 2026 brings the world some calm and peace x
Reposted by Jane O'Sullivan
Interlocked by Josef Albers, 1927
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137561
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137561
December 23, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Interlocked by Josef Albers, 1927
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137561
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137561
"you're such a bad liar mum, we KNOW it's lego!"
can't believe they're still shaking it but here we are
can't believe they're still shaking it but here we are
ahaha wrapped a box of nutri-grain and put it under the tree and the kids are going wild trying to guess, one thinks it's a jigsaw and the other is convinced it's lego, why is this so fun
December 22, 2025 at 9:49 PM
"you're such a bad liar mum, we KNOW it's lego!"
can't believe they're still shaking it but here we are
can't believe they're still shaking it but here we are
removed massive huntsman from kitchen sink, most professional and accomplished I've felt all year
December 21, 2025 at 9:35 PM
removed massive huntsman from kitchen sink, most professional and accomplished I've felt all year
ahaha wrapped a box of nutri-grain and put it under the tree and the kids are going wild trying to guess, one thinks it's a jigsaw and the other is convinced it's lego, why is this so fun
December 20, 2025 at 11:28 PM
ahaha wrapped a box of nutri-grain and put it under the tree and the kids are going wild trying to guess, one thinks it's a jigsaw and the other is convinced it's lego, why is this so fun
These are just stunning up close
Grace Lillian Lee weaves a path from the Torres Strait to Paris
Lee's woven, wearable art creations have catapulted her from Cairns and the Torres Strait to Paris, a bustling textile mecca more than 15,000 kilometres away.
www.abc.net.au
December 20, 2025 at 12:16 AM
These are just stunning up close
DONE. And now we beach.
My one job today is checking references in an essay and it is going to destroy me
December 19, 2025 at 4:57 AM
DONE. And now we beach.
My one job today is checking references in an essay and it is going to destroy me
December 18, 2025 at 10:29 PM
My one job today is checking references in an essay and it is going to destroy me
giving the en dash in this exhibition title a hard stare
Women Photographers 1900–1975: A Legacy of Light | NGV
Women Photographers 1900–1975: A Legacy of Light celebrates the wide-ranging photographic practices of more than eighty women artists working between 1900 and 1975. Featuring prints, postcards, photob...
www.ngv.vic.gov.au
December 18, 2025 at 2:04 AM
giving the en dash in this exhibition title a hard stare
"Roughly, 22,000 new Australian books are released each year." ‼️
December 17, 2025 at 8:11 AM
"Roughly, 22,000 new Australian books are released each year." ‼️