One of the disconcerting things that Andrew tells me about our home, is the ever increasing numbers of pot plants. “Where did that pot plant come from?” He asks as I look away suddenly seeing something else that I must attend to. With the amount of plants in the house, it means there are little […]
The Happy Life
I finished reading David Malouf’s The Happy Life: The Search for Contentment in the Modern World. He is one of Australia’s greatest writers and I do own a couple of his books. This one was more of an essay into his pondering of happiness drawing upon literature, arts and philosophy to explain it. The last […]
Morning Routines
I love my quiet mornings. Lately I’ve been sleeping really well. I feel rested when I get up as it means I’ve been getting deep sleep. I’ve been dreaming too – strong, vivid dreams that make me content when I get up. I feel as if I’m “getting back to normal” whatever that means. This […]
Morning Walk with The Smiths
A quiet foggy and crisp walk this morning to watch the sun rise. I stopped to admire this and in my ears I was listening to Morrissey’s : Everyday Is Like Sunday. (Which I then listened to a few times more). (I’m not going to go into his political leanings here).. This morning’s playlist had […]
Vivid Dreams
One of the things I’ve noticed happening a lot more often are my vivid dreams. They’re quite spectacular at times with a story line, with characters, wonderful scenes and beautiful colours (I have no idea why some say we dream in black and white. I dream in colours). At times, I look forward to going […]
Jouer Au Golf et Apprendre Le Francais Ensemble
What do you do if you feel you lack time when it comes to learning all the things you want to learn? Do it all in the one go. Find things that build upon each other. For example, I’m new to golf. And I’m a left handed golfer at that. Golf is a backwards sport. […]
Morning Jaunt Around Swinburne University
During the covid lockdowns (all 263 days of them ?), we were under certain restrictions. One of which we could only travel 5km of our home. This started a new habit of mine to take excursions in my local area and in so doing, I discovered new parks, places of interest, history, shops, artworks and […]
Why I Left Social Media
I decided to share my thoughts via video on this one.
When There’s No Community, Mutiny
This was what a colleague had accidentally said when he got tongue tied talking about community during one team meeting and we all rolled around in laughter. Little did he know that sometimes, you need to prod to get a reaction in a community. A Like, A Follow, A Share, Something, Anything…. Is there anyone […]
Update on LinkedIn: Stay or Go?
It’s been 2 weeks since I deleted Twitter. Do I miss it? Not at all! Facebook is now permanently deleted too. That is, I didn’t post anything in it for over a year now but I just decided to bite the bullet and permanently delete the accounts once and for all and become social media […]
Curated TidBits For the Week: Lessons for Learning
Substack, Schmuckstack I know that creators out there need a way to make money from their content and create substack newsletters but frankly, I’m really sick and tired of hearing about it. There’s a lot of hype around it. These platforms come and go like waves. First there was blogging, then there WordPress, then there […]
Mouldy Lemons
I head over to my parents house with a stomach ache. I’ve eaten something again that doesn’t agree with me and I have no lemons. I greet my parents and head into their kitchen to pick a lemon from the fruit bowl. “I’m just going to juice a lemon as I have a stomach ache,” […]
When Dreams End
One of the worst things in the world is to wake up from a nice dream. At that moment, you feel like something lovely has been denied to you and no matter what you do, you can never go back to it. Last night I dreamt I was in New York and I was there […]
I Permanently Deleted Twitter
I deleted Twitter on Saturday. I sat there on the kitchen table and clicked ‘Permanently Delete My Account‘. It was a weird feeling especially since I’ve been on it since 2007. After the archived tweets arrived in my inbox, it was time to delete Twitter once and for all. Under the Tweets section or the […]
Love and Anarchy
There’s some tripe on Netflix isn’t there? At times I need to put something on tv that I need to do some mindless knitting to. If I’m reading a pattern and have to be careful with my stitches, I’ve learned I must never watch a foreign film with subtitles or risk losing the entire meaning […]
Weird Dreams
I have the most weird and vivid dreams at times. Last night I dreamt that I was on a spiritual retreat in India. I hadn’t been there before and I was excited to start even though I had no idea what to expect. I was dressed in my normal clothes and welcomed by someone there […]
Block Block Block Delete
Well it’s started. About 18 months ago, I quit Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat. When I say quit, I meant that I simply just left it. Deleted the apps in my phone and didn’t revisit them. In the last few months, through duress, I was part of a French speaking group on Facebook so went back […]
Reminiscing
Back in 1978, a year of my childhood was spent living above The Albion Hotel on Lygon Street Carlton. My father was a publican and at the time, he was managing this pub that was a notorious place for students, “musos” and petty crims. “You could get stabbed for breathing in there” I was shielded […]
In My PJs
Today was a lazy Sunday. It was too cold and wet to contemplate going outside. I even haven’t been out to put the bins on the nature strip ready to be picked up tomorrow. I’ve been THAT lazy. Also, I haven’t been out for a decent long walk or jog for over a month having […]
Yarn Stash
There’s something about yarn that gives me comfort. As a knitter. The more I knit, the more yarn I start to accrue over the years. Sometimes I buy it and never knit with it as I change my mind, other times people give me their stash. Most of all though, it’s yarn I have bought […]