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 […]
There’s No One Over 35
This evening while watching The Project, the panel was talking about the stage show Mary Poppins to a guest who was in the show. “Who’s she?” I asked Andrew. He looked up from his phone then started talking about Mrs Poppins and how she was an awful character in the book. “Don’t tell me she’s […]
What Would You Be Doing Otherwise?
Last week I went into the office. It’s been encouraged (although not mandatory), to go into the office on one day of the week when the rest of the team goes in. The intention is to meet with each other in person, socialise and a change of scenery (I guess). I don’t mind going into […]
Posting Prompts For Enterprise Social Networks, Yay or Nay?
What daily habit do you do that improves your quality of life? Mmm. 🤔 Good question. For me my daily habit that improves my quality of life is my reading habit. I need to read every day – and not on screens but I mean, physical books. The time I sit or lie down is […]
Scribbles In My Notebook
Last week, I attended a two day workshop where we were given notebooks to write our notes. This was interesting as I couldn’t remember the last time we were told not to use our computers as usually, at conferences and events, we are encouraged to share our notes openly on collaborative notes to keep records […]
Did People Actually Work In Offices Like This?
Well yeah they did. On Wednesday morning, I meandered through city streets to go to the office. I was in no rush to get to work. You can snake your way through Melbourne’s laneways, walk through corridors of buildings and out them again, without ever having to walk on one of the city’s main roads. […]
Tonight’s Music Pleasure Is…
Irish folk punk – it’s brilliant.
CD Nights
One of the things Andrew and I do are spend our evenings listening to music. We have a massive vinyl and CD collection and we continue to buy CDs rather than subscribe to platforms like Spotify. Sure, we listen to playlists on there but for our own listening pleasure at home, we prefer to choose […]
Scotchman’s Hill Luncheon at Yarra Yarra Golf Course
We have just returned from an excellent long lunch at Andrew’s golf club. He’s been a member of Yarra Yarra for many years and it’s the first time in a couple of years, we have gone to a social function after lockdowns. Admittedly, attending these functions always have a bit of trepidation and anxiety knowing […]
Photos from my Park Walk
It’s Saturday afternoon but it feels like a lazy Sunday. I’ve been in my pyjamas all day just reading my novel and doing crossword puzzles and napping. At 3pm I decide to go for a slow walk to the park. Things seem to take a gargantuan effort for me to do sometimes. I decide I […]
Escaping
There are many times in recent years that I’ve wanted to simply escape from the world. To live in my own bubble and not have to deal with what’s “out there”. To hide away, go anywhere where there aren’t people to see, choices to be made or any demands put on me. Where I’m the […]
What’s My Scene?
The Hoodoo Gurus is/was a band that was huge in the 80s, my formative years and this song in particular, has stuck with me for my entire life. If someone was to ask me what song personifies ‘me’. It’s this. It struck me on the way home in the car today, that when this song […]