http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/michele-smart/ Michele Smart taught English and History in high schools in Sydney before studying journalism at UTS. She went on to work for Law Press Australia and was an editor at APN Educational Media. She had a stint in Vancouver, Canada, earning eight dollars an hour supporting her husband while he studied. Understandably she did not partake in nearly as much skiing as she had hoped. She now juggles freelance writing, editing, and copywriting with raising two small children. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/meanwhile-back-at-the-station/ Waiting for Labor to sort itself out or Waiting for Rail Corp is not perhaps as catchy a phrase as Waiting for Godot, but recently I found myself an actor in a Beckett-like universe, waiting for a train. I stood waiting not with Vladimir and Estragon, Beckett’s famous protagonists, but with my five year old son Luke and his best mate, Tom. I’d promised the two train enthusiasts a short trip to North Sydney. In Waiting for Godot, Godot never appears. In my play the train did come but only after a series of events that could have been scripted for the Theatre of the Absurd, or Fawlty Towers. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Michele Smart) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/meanwhile-back-at-the-station/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/meanwhile-back-at-the-station/#item1930 Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:40:23 +0000 Michele Smart | Author bios | The Punch