Today I had a bit of an adventure. I had to break a $100 note (yes, I still use cash as back up emergency and as it’s still legal tender even though some shops refuse to take it). I was walking by my bank and walked in. I asked if I could get 10 $10 […]
Birdies, Bogies & Books: The Bookclub I’ve Started
A couple of weeks ago, I asked if my golf club could promote an idea I had in their newsletter for the members. It was a book club for our golf club. Our golf club has different clubs within it for members to socialise. There’s pilates, card games, charity events and lots more….but there’s no […]
Book Review: French Braid by Anne Tyler
My latest book review has been published. This one was a Book Club Book and the latest by this author. I’ve read a couple of her books n years past but I can’t remember what they were about. This one had plenty of discussion with the members. Here’s what I thought.
Lazy Days
Now that I have so much time on my hands, one of the things I love to do on sunny days is sit out in our back garden for the entire day. After a morning walk, I come home to breakfast and take it outside. I move everything out there, my yarns, my craft projects, […]
Reflections Of The Year Post-Work: What I’d Like to Do Next
It’s been a little over a year now of not working. At the time of resigning from my previous employer, Rapid Circle, I had been planning to take the year off and then decide what it is I wanted to do. However, truth be told, the plan was never to return to the kind of […]
A New Haul of Old Books
Recently I went into a Savers store here in Melbourne which is a thrift store. It had a superb collection of classics and literature so I went a bit wild and spent some money – all up about $10.
Three Tawny Frogmouths Sitting In Our Tree…
There was a lot of bird shite on our lawn and I looked up to see a couple of Tawny Frogmouths sitting in our tree. I think it was Mother and Baby while the Father looked on in the next tree. (These birds mate for life and share the feeding of their chicks). They look […]
Reflections About Social Life
While I’m not working now and waiting for the next 2.5 years for my husband to retire as well, I’m using this time to learn and play golf and continue with my French studies to occupy my time. I’m also reading a lot and improving my knitting and crochet skills (self-taught). Over the weekend I […]
Annie Ernaux: Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature 2022
I recently read, A Man’s Place by Annie Ernaux and I was floored by her writing style. It reminded me of the type of writing I have been doing in my journals since the age of 15 where I have captured snippets of my life as an anxious teenager, a curious but sensible adult and […]
The Crappy 2020s
I’m calling it out that the 2020s can go back into their box. I’m struggling to think of another time that has seen so much fear, anger, arguments, conflict, lies, power plays and more in situations that are not just playing out on the world stage but are also impacting relationships between family members. I’m […]
Book Review: They by Kay Dick
After being disturbed from doing my book review, (always a danger to do these on weekends when my husband is home), I finally reviewed this book.
A Crochet Project: Aquarius Sweater
With the change towards nicer weather (except for this week when we had bushfires on one day then flash floods the next and at the moment, it’s a cold 15 degree day), I thought it was time to start a summer crochet project. I have been using the Tejer Es Des Guapas YouTube channel to […]
From the Diaries: What is Your Most Overrated Virtue?
I’ve been writing in journals since I was 15 and have my entire life and reflections written in thousands of pages over the years. It’s been exactly a year since I left working and decided to go through some of the pages I had scribbled to review how much I have progressed in that time. […]
I’m Eligible for the YouTube Partner Program
So after a little while (it’s taken over two years of creating short book review content), I get this notification from YouTube that I’ve reached enough to monetise my channel. They invite you to join the YouTube Partner Program which entitles you to receive resources and monetisation features which allow you to have a share […]
Book Review: Look At Me by Anita Brookner
Here’s my latest book review. It’s another book by Anita Brookner which is my 5th read of hers this year. I love how she writes and her subject matter. I would say that this book is one of her better ones with big themes such as loneliness, servitude, popularity and jealousy.
Playing Pitch ‘N Putt: A Nice Finish to a Great Week
Today for a couple of hours, Andrew and I played 18 holes at the Waverley Pitch N Putt. It was the first golfing event we had played together in a year. It’s because he has his golf club – and I have mine – and we play on separate days so we never actually end […]
It’s Come To This: We Bought Off Amazon
I came home yesterday from the golf practice range to find this huge box with the dreaded logo delivered to our doorstep. My husband bought a new golf range bag for his clubs and used Amazon to buy it mainly for its convenience and the reduced cost (alas, he fell into their trap)! He anticipated […]
My Golf Training Plan
I’ve decided that golf is going to be “my sport”. I love it so much. It gives me the endorphins at the end of a good round but it also has some crashing lows. In effect, it’s now going to be another skill to add to my repertoire. This means that like anything, practice does […]
Cleaning Our CD Player
I’ve been enjoying playing some of our old CDs but our CD player skips tracks and it’s most annoying. It may be due to a buildup of dust over the years. We usually play our CDs through the DVD player and through the sound bar but this set up is a bit old fashioned but […]
Book Review: Nailing It by Rich Hall & Some Ideas about My YouTube Channel
Time for a new book review that I just hit ‘publish’ on in YouTube. After Zamyatin and Dostoyevsky, Rich Hall’s was a welcome change. I also tried Bundaberg Rum for the first time in my life (I’m more a G&T person than rum….) Where Am I At with YouTube? On another note, I checked my […]