Today the tempestuous sea
lifted us in a kiss
so high that we trembled
in the flash of lightning
and, tied together, descended
and submerged without unraveling.
Today our bodies became immense,
they grew up to the edge of the world
and rolled melting themselves
into one single drop
of wax or meteor.
A new door opened between you and me
and someone, still without a face,
was waiting for us there.
(From "September 8" in The Captain's Verses)

Yesterday, first time for ages, the Sydney Morning Herald, in its quickie cossword, travels 3 down in 14 letters to former country in central Europe. (I no longer can manage the cryptic one... (I never really could)
My virgin, maiden, manuscript rejection and best feedback came from a publisher who is no longer with us, but Marrickville Councillor, Rebecca Kaiser is keeping Allen & Unwin alive and well. If you are an Editor who is able to juggle many balls at one time and still stay calm, have an engaged and flexible mind and sense of humour contact RebeccaK@allenandunwin.com...

The choice of jobs in the Herald is amazing: from giving birth to books to giving birth to colourful ads: Make Babies courtesy of www.goodcause.com.au

My light weekend reading also included job related articles such as these:
Anger at colleagues and incompetent managers is affecting productivity, causing people to threaten to resign or take time off for stress and is spilling over into workers' private lives.
· hotbeds of anger [ see also Pulling a sickie ]