Yesterday was my Book Club day. I started a book club this year with my golf club and before the event, I headed to the Cheltenham Library. I wanted to find out more about their Book Club Stacks. They provide a stack of 10 books for local book clubs to use. I signed up so […]
Uneasy
I used to say, “I’ll never understand how the world got itself to the point of World War II happening.” Now I know. I’m not going to lie. Every night when I see the horror happening in Palestine and how, despite countries condemning Israel through words alone, I’m at a loss trying to understand my […]
Embarrassing Job
Now that I don’t work, I come across people who are still working and hear some horror stories of what is happening in their place of work. A few have mentioned to me that they’re simply “going through the motions”. There has also been a couple who (once they found out what I used to […]
Clingy Cat
Meet Pud. He’s our cat and he’s about 10 years old (I don’t know what that is in cat years but I think he’d be middled aged.) I love him so much. He’s my little buddy who keeps me company and who follows me around. My constant companion. Unfortunately he’s been sick these last couple […]
East of Eden
Why have I not read this book sooner? I’ve yelled out in places when I’m reading this book. I gasp and sigh. It torments me when I put it down and settle to sleep every night. Why is Kathy so evil? This is why I love reading. How great is Steinbeck at story telling? This […]
There’s No Such Thing As Job Loyalty Anymore
I’ve lost track of how many times my friends and family have been talking about how “things have changed in the workplace since COVID”. All of them comment how work is now uncontrollable in the sense they cannot get on top of things due to constant change, technology issues or just keeping up with day […]
Books About Revenge
In my latest video, I share some thoughts about a couple of books about revenge. The Revenge Club by Kathy Lette & Lileth by Eric Rickstad. Have you read these books? If so, let me know what you think.
Pharoah Exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria
Last Friday a friend and I headed to the National Gallery of Victoria to see the Pharoah Exhibition which is on until October this year. After having an initial heart attack at the entry price of the ticket $34, we headed in and were in awe of what we saw. The exhibit was in two […]
Indoor Skydiving
This morning we headed off to Essendon Fields, an area near the airport that has airfield and various hangars that are now a bustling retail precinct. I had bought a voucher for Andrew to experience indoor skydiving but as he had a frozen shoulder for most of the year, he couldn’t use it. Now that […]
Visit to Cape Patterson
We headed off for home this morning from Inverloch and just about the time we were to leave, we saw the kangaroos outside our room! They’re cute to watch but I wouldn’t suggest going near them in case they kick and scratch you which could be lethal. A short four minute trip by car, we […]
Trip to Inverloch
Dinner was delicious and it was a chance to just chat, enjoy the meal and make plans for when Andrew will stop work and retire in exactly 82 weeks. (He’s counting down the days 🤣). Our plan then is to do more of these short trips around Victoria, also travel around Australia and the world […]
New Book Haul
I bought some new books that were on a sale at Dymocks which is a book seller here in Australia. As a member of their Book Club, there’s various events and discounts for their members at certain times of the year so it was time to stock up on some Shirley Jackson and John Williams […]
Visit to Bastille Day French 🇫🇷 Festivities at the Queen Victoria Market
What a glorious sunny Melbourne winter’s day! Today I decided to head into town to see the French 🇫🇷 Bastille Day winter markets at the Queen Victoria Market. I hadn’t been there in many years so I was keen to see how the place had evolved. It’s usually quite busy on market days with the […]
Visiting Monash University’s Ukrainian Exhibition
Today I went back to Monash University. I visited there recently for a bit of a walk around but this time around, I met up with my good friend of over 37 years, MK who used to study Geology while I studied Chemistry. Since then, she went into Education (while I had joined the Navy […]
Capturing Stories of Honorary Life Members
One of the things I now do (as well as play golf), is to volunteer with the Heritage Group of our golf club. I was fascinated with its history which I recounted in this video below. I talked about a novel I accidentally stumbled on some time back that recounted the history of the people […]
Baking the Japanese Cotton Cheesecake
It’s fair to say that I’ve gone a bit “Crazy for Japan”. Train travel, capsule hotels, souffle pancakes you name it. It’s a place I’d like to visit but for now, I just have to contend with making my own learning experiences. Today was raining all day and I didn’t leave the house. Andrew was […]
Travelling Around Japan By Train
I love YouTube. When you can’t travel for real, there’s always a YouTuber who has travelled the journey you want to go on so you can travel in the comfort of your own home – an in your PJs. I stumbled upon the channel called Kuga Travel where he travels on trains. He doesn’t speak […]
Blocked Drains
I wrote a few posts back that it seemed everything was breaking down at our place. To be fair, it’s an age thing. As most equipment is over 20 or 30 years old, they’re all giving up the ghost 👻 and come at once. Not exactly the right time either when we are looking at […]
The Kids Run the Show
Recently I read a book translated from French called The Kids Run the Show (or in French, Les Enfants Sont Rois) by Delphine De Vigan. I’ve read some of her other books and liked them so when I saw this latest one on the shelf at the local library, I borrowed it. It kept me […]
Trip to Moonee Ponds to Check out Collins Booksellers
One of the things I love to do is to go somewhere new in our city and just walk and explore. I was going to meet my friend in Ascot Vale to have lunch at a cute cafe called Old Man Andrew in Ascot Vale. As I was early, I stayed on the tram and […]