Some time ago I deleted my social media accounts and only kept this blog and my YouTube channel. Since then, I won’t lie, I have been thinking about starting them up again because I miss knowing what’s going on with my ex-network. What stops me restarting them is soon after, I am overcome with boredom […]
Monday Afternoon in the Garden
I played my 18 holes of golf this morning with 25 points. I had lunch at the club then stopped by Bunnings to see if they had any strawberry plants. This year, I’d like to plant some in pots and see how they grow. The afternoon was spent propagating more cuttings and creating a whole […]
Invitation to Join the Heritage Committee
Yesterday I was surprised and delighted to be invited to join the Heritage Committee of the Woodlands Golf Club. Ever since I wrote the article about the fascinating story of the Mayfield Estate that used to be on the golf course grounds since the mid-1800s and demolished in 2002, I’ve had members come up to […]
Eye Dominance
Once I started playing golf, I came to realise that I was a bit of an anomaly. I’m right handed with everything I do except playing bat and club sports. I also noticed this when I was rifle shooting years ago as well as using a microscope in my University years. However back then, it […]
Things I Love About Golf
This morning while driving to the golf club to play another round of 18 holes Stroke competition today, I thought about all the things I love about playing this game. It’s fast becoming my new learning obsession where I’m making time to improve my skill and lower the handicap. I have a long way to […]
The Roof is Finally Finished!
Finally we put up the bamboo roof on the arbour. Originally, I was planning to keep it open so that I could grow a grapevine or wisteria (hence why the structure is so high) but then I realised it’s way too much work for me. I can’t keep going up on ladders to cut it […]
Our Club Recognised for Women’s Golf
I’m glad that I was lucky enough to go through one of these Women Introduction to Golf Programs by the Woodlands Golf Course. Going through as a cohort of women of all ages, it’s been a chance to learn how to play, get introduced to the other staff and members, have access to the club […]
Quiet Time
It feels a bit awkward to write something here as I feel it’s been a while since I’ve had anything of note to say. Nothing much has been happening in my life and in fact, I don’t mind it at all. There’s a quietness to my days and there are days where I get up […]
My Medals Arrived
Finally, I got off my backside and ordered a set of replica medals. It’s taken me over a decade to decide to get them. And wear them. Why? My real ones were presented to me at different times in my life when I was in the Navy in front of others. Usually, the Commanding Officer […]
My Peaceful Place at Rippon Lea
Sometimes when I want a bit of an escape from the boredom of home, I go for a short drive to my “other house”. 🤣 Of course, it’s not my “real” home but it’s an escape from the busyness outside on the streets to smack bang into the middle of Edwardian times. Simpler times. The […]
A House That Has Captured My Imagination
There’s something about old, dilapidated houses that I love. (Probably because I spent many years growing up in one? 🤔) I think it’s also because I like to think about who may have lived in them, what they looked like in their hey day and what stories they have to tell. For many years now, […]
Threads
I wake up this morning to the news that Zuckerberg has about 30 million followers on his new app called Threads. Remarkably similar to Twitter, it wasn’t surprising he’d copy this app. After all, he did it with Snapchat to create Facebook Stories. If you have an Instagram account, all your followers move over instantly. […]
Life in the 80s
I’ve been watching YouTube videos of people who have uploaded video footage of their childhood or school life and it’s been interesting. I stumbled upon the channel of Len Enders who had taken footage of life with his friends at home and school which brought back memories for me because he had captured a point […]
Using a Payphone
Today the only thing I did was to walk around the block for a bit of exercise. (Rest of the day was spent watching The Crown épisodes on Netflix and reading Anti-Fragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb – a quiet day). During the walk I saw this public Payphone. I stopped and read the notices to […]
Saturday Morning Meandering Thoughts
“If This Isn’t Nice, I Don’t Know What Is”
Today, I did nothing. Nothing but sit back in my husband’s recliner, watching YouTube the entire day. The cat dozing in my chair while I allowed myself to have an entire day devoted to watching Kurt Vonnegut documentaries. Something about today just made me make it all about this brilliant humanist writer. While I sat […]
Memoir Writing Masterclass
Yesterday after my weekly French conversation with my friend online (we have been talking for nearly two years every week which has improved my French considerably), I headed to the local library for this masterclass. In all honesty, the reason I signed up was that finally, there were places and I managed to get a […]
Typical Comments, Received & Binned on My Blog
When you write or share videos online, it’s fair to say that you’re game for any person out there to comment on it. Many times, the comments are helpful, thoughtful and appreciative. Other times, not. This morning I saw these two comments left on one of my blog posts and although they come from the […]
My Female Crush: Anita Brookner
This week I read Anita Brookner’s Hotel du Lac. I bought the book from a local second hand book store for $3 and at the time, I was deliberating whether or not to buy it because it won the Booker Prize in 1984. I’m not a fan of Booker Prize winning books. Every time I […]
How To Distinguish Truth From Fiction
Continuing onto the third skill highlighted in Robin Good’s article “What We Really Need to Learn to Be Successful in Life – Part 1″ is How to Distinguish Truth from Fiction. Good question. How do we? Especially at an age where it may seem that everything we read and see online may be fake. Going […]