I stumbled upon this video on YouTube and it was an eye opener. First of all, I thought to myself that I can easily do this now that there is time in my day. Devoting 8 hours a day to language learning is achievable especially if you don’t work, have no family commitments and want […]
Vivid Dreaming
In this post I write about my vivid dreams.
When You Got To Go, You Got To Go
This is a short piece of fiction from a photo I took this morning that seemed odd and out of place. As I walked around the park, I thought about the story of how the car got there.
Blue Sky
Pondering about the sky
Catch-22 for Organisations
In this post I write about the links of this book by Joseph Heller called Catch-22 to the working world.
On Our Way to The Proclaimers in Melbourne
Last night we saw The Proclaimers in concert.
Florence And The Machine
We went to see Florence and the Machine last night at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne as part of her 8th World Tour.
More Casual Library Assistant Job Rejections…Lost Count 🤣
I’ve been applying for casual jobs for several libraries in the area. In fact, I have alerts set up to receive notifications when these are in the job sites. Casual jobs in the library mean serving customers, seeking out books for them, checking out books, returning books to shelves. I’d love a job like this […]
New Crochet Skills
I’ve been getting into crochet with some vigour as I’m enjoying learning new stitches and projects. I decided to experiment with this project which is top down. I made it up as I went along and figured if I can crochet a granny square, then I can do this. So I joined a chain into […]
New Golf Clubs
Last month I ordered a new set of customised golf clubs. I had myself fitted for a range as my old set was over 15 years old. Like everything, new technology means that sporting equipment like golf clubs improve over the years. I decided to order the ultra new Callaway Paradym X Driver which they […]
Nothing Wrong With Starting with Grammar When Learning a New Language
I watched this interview with D’aria talking about how she learned French and it struck me that we both started the same way. Many people on YouTube and other articles online advise NEVER to start with grammar. However this is wrong. I started like her. I bought the Practice Makes Perfect books and methodically over […]
The Lovers Book Review
Here’s my new book review. I recently won a book competition that included three books in the package. I decided to read The Lovers by Yumma Kassab, an Australian author.
Enough of the TikToks
What is it with all social media platforms and their incessant desire for shorts, or TikTok videos? As you know, I’m not using social media now but I’ve only kept YouTube and even that has Shorts! I hate them! Many of the YouTube channels I’m following lament that there’s been a change to their algorithms. […]
Book Review of The Gambler by Dostoyevsky
Here’s my book review of Dostoyevsky’s The Gambler. It wasn’t a bad read and my favourite character was the cranky old mother in the wheelchair who whacked people with her cane. Everyone was waiting for her to die to get their hands on her money but she knew exactly what they were doing – so […]
Life Lessons from Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
This one was a doozy. Lots of major life themes about primarily, making the choice to “choose life” and all that it entails – the good and the bad; the great people and the worst people who enter our lives and make it better – or turn it upside down. Ultimately, it’s how we choose […]
I Won a Book Competition!
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 […]