Imagine my surprise when I received a hand written letter in the mail a couple of days ago. Such a wonderful surprise that delighted me. It was from my girlfriend who has lived interstate for many years and whom we met many years ago when I was in the Navy and she, Army. Receiving a […]
Garden Greens
I’m sitting here boiling some organic greens (“Chorta”) from my parents garden. My heritage is Greek, specifically from Crete and the food that I grew up on here in Australia has been from that part of Greece. So lots of greens (organic, no pesticides), olive oil, fruits, pulses and meats. Today my mum gave me […]
An Idea To Save on Gas
Yesterday I started my day with a lovely walk at my local park. We are lucky to live in an area considered the “sand belt of Melbourne” so we have a lot of green spaces and golf courses in the area. Some of the parks are manicured and kept in great condition because they’re also […]
CD Night Tuesday: Billy Bragg
It’s a quiet lazy Tuesday night. Cat is dozing on the sofa. Television is turned off. Lights turned low. CD is chosen. Press Open in the CD player. Insert CD. Watch it go into the player. Listen to the whir while it finds the first track. Music 🎶 flows out of the sound bar. We […]
Should I Get Off YouTube?
To be fair, I don’t do my best thinking at 2am. This morning, tossing and turning and trying to get back to sleep, my mind started to wander. Sometimes I get up at this time and read a book before sleep overcomes me again. Other times I lay there thinking. I noticed my thinking at […]
The World Is in a Scary Place at this Moment
I’d be lying if I said that I’m not scared of the the current state of instability and volatility in this world. Not only are we dealing with environmental disasters, pandemics, mass refugee migration, we may also see Italy become a fascist government again and nuclear war.
University of the Third Age (U3A)
Today I went around to my parents as is my usual weekly routine to catch with their news over a cup of coffee or a wander in their garden. My father asked me about the University of the Third Age and how it was set up. I knew that it was an international not-for-profit organisation […]
Books For The Week Ahead
This morning, it was supermarket shopping time. We headed into a nearby suburb (for something different), had a lovely breakfast and coffee at a cafe before doing the grocery shopping. Afterwards a walk to the library where I picked up these books. Mainly Dutch authors as recommendations from my colleagues who are based in Amsterdam. […]
River Cruising in Melbourne
Today is a public holiday in Melbourne, a once off holiday as the National Day of Mourning for the Queen’s passing. We have been having awful weather lately with lots of rain so when the sun came out today, it felt like all of Melbourne was out with us too. Tomorrow is another public holiday […]
What Shall I Do?
My last day of work is 11 October. What shall I do afterwards? No idea. Part of me is comfortable with not knowing, not planning, not scheduling, not caring. I’m looking forward to just giving space – I don’t have to fill it with anything except for that which truly makes me happy. But do […]
I’ve Resigned
It’s official. I’ve resigned. Someone asked me how I feel and in all honesty, I’m glad I did it. It wouldn’t have felt right to continue working when the mojo had long since disappeared. Not fair on me, not fair on others. So I depart. I have no other plans except to get my headspace […]
Shall I Quote Virginia Woolf in a Work Presentation?
Yesterday I was thinking about a scene in a recent book I read by Virginia Woolf. The novel is To The Light House written in 1927 and considered to be one of her best novels at the height of her exceptional writing. It’s about a family and their guests at a holiday house on the […]
Longer Reading Bouts
I’m quite happy with my reading of late. One of my pleasures is that I’m an early riser and will spend at least a couple of uninterrupted hours every morning reading. During my reading sessions, I don’t have my phone near me. In the evenings too, I’d rather read a book than watch a movie […]
Coincidences
This last month, I’ve been observing some oddities in my life. Things that happen without explanation and alert me to something to take note. I think I’ve been more attune to my surroundings. I feel something is “not quite right” (and hasn’t been when it comes to my work) and in that situation, I tend […]
A Morning Walk at Highett
I’m sitting here at a cafe just finished my cup of coffee and a delicious breakfast of corn fritters. I decided to go for a long walk in Highett. It’s a suburb near us but never took the time to walk along the strip shops. Some years back, strip shops were closing down having their […]
All Quiet on the Western Front
I’m standing here on the platform at Flinders Street. What do I see? À young lady reading Remarque’s book – an ACTUAL physical book I go up to her and say…. “So lovely to see a young person reading a great book!” She smiles and says “thank you”. Little things like this restore my faith […]
The Perimenopause Kapow
If there ever was a gif that exemplifies how many women feel during their perimenopausal years, this would be it. 👇 I’ve already blown some things up in my life to get prepared for complete transformation – saying goodbye to old thinking, old habits, toxic people and situations – but I’m not done, yet.
Bringing a bit of Crete Home
This afternoon I went outside where the tradesmen yesterday dug out some dirt in preparation for concreting being poured on Saturday. The dirt in our area is fairly sandy and nutrient. With the rain, there’s a lot of leaves and worms in it so rather than buy it for my pots, I decided to scoop […]
Do You Need To Be Prompted All The Time?
One of the things I’m scratching my head over is, at times, people have been asking me for “prompts” at work. Prompts to help them write posts to share what they’re working on. Prompts to to help them respond to posts they’ve been mentioned in our enterprise social network. Prompts to help them remind them […]
To The Lighthouse
I’m reading Virginia Woolf’s novel To The Lighthouse written in 1927. If you had the cast of Downton Abbey around a dining table but not talking to each other, instead thinking about each other, “a stream of consciousness”, the thoughts flowing from one person to the next, you get an idea of how this book […]