In 25 words or less, describe how books can help us with our relationships. That was the competition I won through the Australian Independent Booksellers a few weeks back and a pack of three new current books arrived on my doorstep. Naturally I had to do an unboxing/unpackaging video….
My Second Hand Book Haul
I love visiting second hand book stores. There’s a book store in my local area which I frequent often so I decided to spend $50 (well a bit less than that) on the following books. They’ll be some of my 2023 reads.
My Happy Place
Thankfully it doesn’t get too cold where I need to move plants indoors or under cover. Over winter I can leave them out if need be. Over time, I’ll buy some outdoor furniture or an outdoor oven and put a cover over the top, but for now, I’m happy as it is. One step at […]
Library Lovers Day 14 February
Yesterday was Library Lovers Day. Well, you may know it as Valentines Day but I prefer the library…. It’s a great day to stop by your local library, become a member and borrow a book or twenty. Or however many they allow you to borrow in the one go. Yesterday I went to my newly […]
Life Lessons from War and Peace
Well finally, I’ve shared my thoughts on Tolstoy’s book War and Peace. Rather than do a review of it, I thought I’d share SOME of my life lessons with this book. I could have spoken for a lot more but I’m mindful that the video is long! I think I did this video more so […]
Book Review of The Double by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
I’m on a mad reading spree of Dostoyevsky books. I love them although I haven’t read Crime and Punishment, Brothers Karamazov or Demons yet (I’m psyching myself up for them). Here’s the second book I read of his: The Double which also was the book Sylvia Plath did her dissertation on. If you missed my […]
The Day I Get Rid of My Books
By books I mean my “work” books NOT my literature. All my classics and modern literature will stay. Today I’m in the process of doing a massive house cleanup. Tidying, sorting, vacuuming, mopping. Everything. I was in the study and looked at my book shelves full of my reference and non fiction books I have […]
Returning to the Ukulele
About 8 years ago, I started playing the ukulele and even took lessons from a teacher. I practised every day and got myself to the point where he asked me to consider learning the guitar next however, I wasn’t interested in that back then. After all, I had to fit it all in with life […]
2 + 2 = 5
I’m reading my third Dostoyevsky book within bas many weeks called The Gambler. I couldn’t resist putting this up here.
Activate Learning in the Post-Work Years
So it seems that I’m not the only one in my circle of family and friends who decided to retire early. It must be a “thing” now. Chatting with them, the main reason for retiring early are mainly related to changes in their job circumstance. Others I spoke to who are still working, have all […]
Kids Giving Up on School
The news has been sharing stories of an increase in children deciding not to go to school. In Australia, it seems that our state in Victoria has seen an increase in numbers. Some people are putting it down to the fact that we had more days in confinement during lockdown (263 days) compared to other […]
Teaching Hubby to Knit
It’s Tuesday CD night and tonight it’s the Burt Bacharach Collection. But you probably want to know why my husband is knitting. Well he was roped into it by his team at work. One of his team members is retiring and the whole section decided to knit her a blanket. Made of knitted squares of […]
Russian Literature
I’ve been reading this brilliant book by Dostoyevsky and I’m chuckling through it. (If you’re interested, here is my book review on YouTube) We don’t know who the character is but the irony is that if Holden Caulfield (from JD Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye) had grown up, he would be the character in this […]
Hammock Symphony
Sounds I hear cocooned in my hammock.
Klara and the Sun Book Review
Can bots be our friends? I’ve got a new book review up on YouTube. This one is by British novelist, Kazuo Ishiguro and it’s one that stays with you long after you put the book down. Themes of love, hope, loneliness, human-like bots made to be AFs (artificial friends) for children, genetic editing and uplifting, […]
Creative Frustration
In this post I write about creative frustration.
Learning & Development conferences in Australia in 2023 by E-Learning Provocateur
A list of conferences in Australia related to learning and development by Ryan Tracey.
Our New Fence
This post is about our new timber Paling fence.
Did You Say…Work? 😳
Andrew asks me about my day and I excitedly told him about everything I learned and who I met yesterday on my first “day of school”. “So I guess you’re not going back to work at any point?” He asks. Well……….. The thing is that I’m someone who can easily fill in her time with […]
My First Day of Summer School
This morning was my first day of Summer School and I was like a little kid. I did all my morning chores and even went into the garage to pump up my bike tyres. I hadn’t cycled in years but as the University of the Third Age in nearby, it seemed wrong to use the […]