It’s difficult to predict which books will be published and become popular in 2023, as the publishing industry is constantly evolving and new titles are being released all the time. However, here are a few suggestions for books that you may enjoy in 2023: These are just a few examples, and of course there will […]
Walk Around Lake Tuggeranong
This morning was a beautiful day which had to be enjoyed with a long walk around the lake before breakfast. Some people were out and about doing the same thing.
Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Yuletide & Zarathost!
To my friends, family and readers, Christians, Jewish, Pagans and Zoroastrians. Have I left anyone out? 
Thank you for taking the time to read my rambles and rants on this blog, sharing your feedback and comments through the year. I wish you and your family a Merry Christmas or a wonderful festival of lights, […]
Protected: The Blundens Christmas Letter 2022
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
Our New Backyard Is Finally Finished!
Check out the video of the transformation. Finally, after waiting for more than a year for this work to start due to covid restrictions and then the work delayed through three months of inclement weather, we have our new back yard. If you want to see the BEFORE and AFTER of the project and everything […]
2022 Goodreads Reading Challenge
I have been doing the Goodreads Reading challenge since 2012 and this year, I had set myself the challenge to read 70 books which I achieved. The books I read this year were heavily focussed on authors from other countries (mainly Belgium, France, The Netherlands, Spain, Argentina and Japan) and a spattering of literature. There […]
Is Your Life Today What You Pictured a Year Ago?
I use the Jetpack app for all my blogging on my mobile to tap out a post and it has some daily prompts to help people to start blogging. Every day I look at the questions but just write my own thing. Today was different. Let’s give this a go. So here’s the question on […]
Weed Killer
Ageing & Mortality
Yesterday I caught up with a long time girlfriend at a shopping centre near her home for lunch and coffee. We met at University attending Geography 101 classes in our first year at Monash University and since then, despite our studies and then, careers going on different paths: hers towards Geology and Education in remote […]
Initial Thoughts On War and Peace
I’m sitting in bed on a Tuesday afternoon reading this tome. Here’s some initial thoughts:
Survival of the Richest
I stumble upon this post, Survival of the Richest by Douglas Rushkoff who tells us how the ultra rich of this world are preparing for the end of the world and it strikes me that they’ve been part of the problem. Rather than be creative enough to think of ways to make the world better, […]
Caulfield Park
Yesterday was a gloriously sunny day which have been few and far between this summer with constant rain and hail. I decided to take mum to Caulfield Park which is nearby but we hadn’t been in years. Many years ago, my father was a publican at one of the nearby pubs. We lived near the […]
Am I Nostradamus?
Looking through my journals today (I have tonnes of them but I only focussed on the 6 of them that covered 2020-2022) and I come across this entry. Tick, tick, tick. There’s a lot there that has happened. Russian war. Major Optus & Medibank Private cyber security hack affecting millions of Australians. Floods Etc. Now […]
My New Book Reviews are Now On YouTube
So, I’ve got another few videos up online on my YouTube channel where I review books that I read. There’s a few books I don’t review because frankly, I prefer to read than record a video. I read faster than shooting and editing videos. (There’s that whole palaver of having to also be ready – […]
War and Peace
I thought it best to tackle this book, Tolstoy’s War & Peace this year for a bit of a challenge. I love watching the Hardcore Literature channel and Benjamin shared his 2023 Book Club books. It’s part of his online book club (which I’m not a member but would love to but don’t have the […]
Walking on Grass
Well not so much walking. More like, wanting. Today was a glorious day. I played 9 holes of golf this morning then came home to have lunch and bask in the sun room with all the sunlight coming in. We have just laid the new turf and we are watering it every morning and evening […]
Baking
Today I woke up, got dressed in my gym gear and went for a run. I hadn’t been jogging for over six months and jogged 2 km as a start, then walked until I got my 10K steps in. It felt good as I pondered about starting a new Saturday routine and doing a weekly […]
18 Holes on a Monday Morning…and Counting
It was so weird to stand there on the first hole and tee-off with a group of ladies at the Golf Club this morning. I tried to kerb my feelings of guilt. Everyone else would have been at work – or preparing for work at 8 o’clock. Instead, here I was, driver in hand ready […]
Finally Finished Glenan
I’ve been knitting a cabled hoodie vest by KD Design for a while. I’ve written about it here. There’s a few firsts for this project. It’s the first time that: For some reason, despite loving the feel of this yarn from the Bendigo Wool Mills, the pattern I found slow and cumbersome because I’m not […]
Book Reviews Up On YouTube
I have a couple of book reviews up on YouTube that have just been published. One was a recommendation from a good friend (as I’d never have chosen to read this book myself and another selected because there were times when I wanted this same thing for my own life). Seven husbands? Or an easy […]