Yeah, right. I wouldn’t be LOLing. A friend sent me this tweet yesterday and I had to roll my eyes when I read it. (People send me screenshots of ego-driven LinkedIn posts, weird Instagram photos and various other social media posts so in a way, I’m constantly reassured that getting off social media was one […]
Achievement Unlocked: I Speak French
In the last few months, I changed from one University of the Third Age French class to another. It was unfortunate that I left the first one even though I enjoyed the class however, it reached a point that I realised I needed MORE conversation than grammar classes. Don’t be under the illusion that you’re […]
A Year Since I Last Worked
I can’t believe that a year has already passed since I resigned from my last role as a community manager in a tech company. Around the same time, I also gave up and deleted all my social media accounts and felt that I had walked away from another part of my life to start afresh […]
Book Review: WE by Yevgeny Zamyatin
This one was a doozy. It’s the book touted as the one that inspired George Orwell to write 1984 and in fact, there’s a lot of similarities. Written in 1921 it’s set in the 26th century in a dystopic panopticon society which works on Taylorism and has banned art and any individuality of any sort. […]
Charity Day at the Woodlands Golf Course
Today was our Charity Day at the Golf Course. I couldn’t stay for the entire event and instead helped out directing teams of players to different holes. Being out here at 8am for a shotgun start, this was my view for the next four hours. Sunshine, birdsong and watching people play their shots on Holes […]
Filming At Our Place
We had landscaped our front and back yard over the last couple of years throughout the wet winters and covid lockdowns. Today a film crew came around to interview us and take some footage of the garden to be used as promotional material for the landscaping company who did the work. As we were most […]
Some Thoughts on Filming
On Tuesday I had my first job as the new member of the Heritage Committee at our golf course. I was to film an interview between two long term members who spoke about their story and memoirs of Margie Masters who won a title at the LGPA in 1967 and a member of our club. […]
Writing Practice
I’ve discovered a site called Reedsy which has writing prompts that I could use to practice writing short stories. They have weekly contests where you could submit your story if you want to but I don’t think I’ll be doing that all the time. Instead, I’ll use the prompts to let my mind wander and […]
Starry Night by Don McLean
This came on the radio while I was driving in my car today and I had to pull over, turn it up louder and let the beautiful lyrics and music wash over me. Sometimes you just need to treat certain songs and music with reverence. This is one of them.
Review of House of the Dead by Dostoyevsky
I’ve been reading Dostoyevsky this year and he’s one of my favourite authors. I think I’m turning into a book snob 🤣 because 2023 has been a year of some brilliant reads of literary fiction that when I pick up a current popular read book, I get bored. If a book isn’t making me toss […]
Reading About Henry Lawson
I’m reading about the life of Australia’s best poet and short story writer, Henry Lawson by Grantlee Kiera and it’s a fascinating read into a man who battled deafness, depression and alcoholism but wrote some of the best poems about Australia’s battlers. I had read his poetry at school and also later in life but […]
Sunday Stuff
After much hassling the husband to buy some outdoor furniture for our new landscaped garden, we finally went to a nearby showroom to look at what was in stock. Luckily, we have the same taste in furniture. I despise anything sleek and modern looking, so I wanted either wood or wicker. It didn’t take long […]
More New (& Old Books) Come My Way
Some more classic and literature books have come my way. Since making this video, I have already read Dostoyevsky’s House of the Dead (brilliant), The Collector by John Fowles (superbly creepy) and Look at Me by Anita Brookner. I’m reading like there’s no tomorrow. A book is always in my hand or in my bag […]
We Are All Collectors Nowadays (Even Though We Think We Aren’t)
I’m three quarters through a book called The Collector, the debut novel by John Fowlers published in 1963. I’m calling it out to be one of my best reads in my life with themes that are oh so relevant in today’s age and society. It’s a struggle between the classes, power, control, obsessive love, passion, […]
Friday Afternoon Golf
Started the drinking on the 11th hole this afternoon during a social round.
Digitally Erasing Oneself
Some time ago I deleted my social media accounts and only kept this blog and my YouTube channel. Since then, I won’t lie, I have been thinking about starting them up again because I miss knowing what’s going on with my ex-network. What stops me restarting them is soon after, I am overcome with boredom […]
Book Review: The Alarming Palsy of James Orr
Here’s my latest book review of a novella I read recently. Not a bad story as it kept me intrigued throughout.
Monday Afternoon in the Garden
I played my 18 holes of golf this morning with 25 points. I had lunch at the club then stopped by Bunnings to see if they had any strawberry plants. This year, I’d like to plant some in pots and see how they grow. The afternoon was spent propagating more cuttings and creating a whole […]
Invitation to Join the Heritage Committee
Yesterday I was surprised and delighted to be invited to join the Heritage Committee of the Woodlands Golf Club. Ever since I wrote the article about the fascinating story of the Mayfield Estate that used to be on the golf course grounds since the mid-1800s and demolished in 2002, I’ve had members come up to […]
A Run in the Park
Here’s the latest book review that has been published on my YouTube channel this morning. It reminded me of the time I tried the 5K app which in some way, helped me through a time of difficulty when we were in lockdown. I share my story here. However you can also read it below. My […]