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Our New Backyard Is Finally Finished!
Check out the video of the transformation. Finally, after waiting for more than a year for this work to start due to covid restrictions and then the work delayed through three months of inclement weather, we have our new back yard. If you want to see the BEFORE and AFTER of the project and everything […]
Happy New Year!
I don’t do new year resolutions. No, I plan them in my head – and then promptly forget them for the rest of the year. However there’s nothing like a fresh new year to start planning what you’d like the year ahead to be about. A new year is a new start. A line in […]
We’re Drowning in Old Books!
This post on the Washington Post was amusing to me. What are we to do with our flooded shelves?— Read on www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/12/19/used-books-stores-donation-fran-lebowitz/ “They’re more like friends than objects,” one passionate bookseller says. Now that’s something I understand. As much as I try not to buy too many books (those I do buy are specifically for […]
2022 Goodreads Reading Challenge
I have been doing the Goodreads Reading challenge since 2012 and this year, I had set myself the challenge to read 70 books which I achieved. The books I read this year were heavily focussed on authors from other countries (mainly Belgium, France, The Netherlands, Spain, Argentina and Japan) and a spattering of literature. There […]
Is Your Life Today What You Pictured a Year Ago?
I use the Jetpack app for all my blogging on my mobile to tap out a post and it has some daily prompts to help people to start blogging. Every day I look at the questions but just write my own thing. Today was different. Let’s give this a go. So here’s the question on […]
Weed Killer
Ageing & Mortality
Yesterday I caught up with a long time girlfriend at a shopping centre near her home for lunch and coffee. We met at University attending Geography 101 classes in our first year at Monash University and since then, despite our studies and then, careers going on different paths: hers towards Geology and Education in remote […]
Initial Thoughts On War and Peace
I’m sitting in bed on a Tuesday afternoon reading this tome. Here’s some initial thoughts:
Survival of the Richest
I stumble upon this post, Survival of the Richest by Douglas Rushkoff who tells us how the ultra rich of this world are preparing for the end of the world and it strikes me that they’ve been part of the problem. Rather than be creative enough to think of ways to make the world better, […]
Caulfield Park
Yesterday was a gloriously sunny day which have been few and far between this summer with constant rain and hail. I decided to take mum to Caulfield Park which is nearby but we hadn’t been in years. Many years ago, my father was a publican at one of the nearby pubs. We lived near the […]
New Book Haul & Some Philosophical Reflections
I’ve uploaded my latest video where I show some new books I bought in the last couple of weeks in the sales. Through filming it, there was a dawning realisation of the types of themes and topics I’m interested in – all being about trying to ask those deep questions about life and how I’m […]
A Frenchie Afternoon
Well what a lovely day. Well, the weather was shite. It was 15 degrees and rained in the morning but there were bursts of sunshine at various times. For the last year or so, I have been going to a local cafe for my French conversation group. I love having this weekly catch-up with them […]
War and Peace
So far I’m halfway through Volume 1, Part 2 153 pages in, taking my time to get to know all the characters and wondering why all the men want to be heroes in battle like Napoleon. Tonight, as one of the characters (Andrei) réalises in the heart of battle that war isn’t what it’s cracked […]
Am I Nostradamus?
Looking through my journals today (I have tonnes of them but I only focussed on the 6 of them that covered 2020-2022) and I come across this entry. Tick, tick, tick. There’s a lot there that has happened. Russian war. Major Optus & Medibank Private cyber security hack affecting millions of Australians. Floods Etc. Now […]
My New Book Reviews are Now On YouTube
So, I’ve got another few videos up online on my YouTube channel where I review books that I read. There’s a few books I don’t review because frankly, I prefer to read than record a video. I read faster than shooting and editing videos. (There’s that whole palaver of having to also be ready – […]
War and Peace
I thought it best to tackle this book, Tolstoy’s War & Peace this year for a bit of a challenge. I love watching the Hardcore Literature channel and Benjamin shared his 2023 Book Club books. It’s part of his online book club (which I’m not a member but would love to but don’t have the […]
Walking on Grass
Well not so much walking. More like, wanting. Today was a glorious day. I played 9 holes of golf this morning then came home to have lunch and bask in the sun room with all the sunlight coming in. We have just laid the new turf and we are watering it every morning and evening […]
Baking
Today I woke up, got dressed in my gym gear and went for a run. I hadn’t been jogging for over six months and jogged 2 km as a start, then walked until I got my 10K steps in. It felt good as I pondered about starting a new Saturday routine and doing a weekly […]
18 Holes on a Monday Morning…and Counting
It was so weird to stand there on the first hole and tee-off with a group of ladies at the Golf Club this morning. I tried to kerb my feelings of guilt. Everyone else would have been at work – or preparing for work at 8 o’clock. Instead, here I was, driver in hand ready […]