Here’s the latest book review that has been published on my YouTube channel called Life Lessons From Books. I love the writing of Coetzee and I’m collecting all his books as I find them in my travels through second hand book stores. I’ve got another one that will be published soon called Diary of a […]
Getting Rid of My Books
I have so many books that I’ve run out of book shelves. Books are now stacked in neat piles on the floor, desks and coffee tables. Buying more shelves is out of the question as there’s no more free wall space either. I have books that are over forty years old. Mainly non-fiction (as I […]
Watching the Magpies
There’s a family of magpies that live in one of the trees in our yard. Every day we see five or six of them ripping into our lawn searching for worms. Andrew gets irate as he’s spent hours preparing this lawn , fertilising, coring and watering it. Over winter it’s going to go dormant. He […]
New Book Review: The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa
Here’s a book that has just been published on my YouTube channel “Life Lesson From Books”. I read it over a month ago now. (All my videos are recorded soon after I read and take notes of the book then edited and uploaded into a scheduled to be published list in certain days. This allows […]
New Book Review: Ask the Dust by John Fante
Here’s the latest video book review I uploaded. For any Charles Bukowski favs, you might like John Fante.
Collecting RATs
I’m over the bulk of the worst of COVID symptoms although I’m still coughing and have a runny nose. I STILL don’t have a sense of smell or taste now over a week and I can’t wait to get this back again. There are also days where lethargy come over me and I feel wiped […]
Argh. Now Husband Has Covid
It’s never ending isn’t it? Argh. I’ve now cancelled our trip to the Clunes Book Festival which I was looking forward to all year. Two days of book talks, book fairs on the streets and all the seven bookstores of that town open to public. Bloody hell. 🤬 Oh well. On the plus side, my […]
I Started a Book Club
Late last year, I came up with an idea to start a book club for our golf club and put the idea out there. Here’s Tiger reading this month’s book, The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath👇 Well anyway, I was surprised with the response. I had 24 people who were interested and out of that, […]
Playing Sandhurst Golf Course
This is a post I finally got around to writing. I’m lying in bed coughing out a lung then painfully swallowing, what feels like tiny razor sharp blades in my throat, as I caught my first ever bout of Covid. During the day, I’m well enough to sit up in bed, read a bit, watch […]
Finally Caught COVID
It took some years but I finally caught it. I was holding onto the hope of never getting it but unfortunately, it happened. I’ve had all my boosters, I tried to keep as safe as possible but now, it’s everywhere. It didn’t help being in an overcrowded classroom last week when there were a couple […]
Come Book Shopping With Me
When we were in Canberra last week, I had an opportunity to visit book stores in the city. Some general and others more specific related to the galleries and other tourist locations I visited. I had heard that there was a great bookstore (and also a yarn shop) in Manuka, a trendy and more up […]
A Typical Evening Scene
Evenings at ours means a lot of time spent on the sofa watching television, reading books or listening to music. Tonight as we listened to a CD by Suede, I shared the sofa with Pud who had fallen fast asleep with my foot on his belly. It’s pretty relaxing to do this. I quite enjoy […]
Personality Tests
Many years ago when I was in the corporate world, every team bonding activity involved some kind of personality test. These tests evaluated our preferences against others in our teams and shed light on how we prefer to lead and work with others but also come to understand our own strengths and weaknesses. (I’ll say […]
Spaceman from Bohemia Book Review
So I guess now you can say I’m being paid by YouTube for my book reviews. It was a nice surprise to see $100 in my account from people watching my videos. Although it’s a pittance, I don’t care. It’s enough to buy myself a few new books. As long as I enjoy making the […]
Morning is My Favourite Time of Day
It’s Wednesday morning. Outside, except for a call of a magpie, it’s quiet. I pulled out of playing golf early this morning because I hadn’t slept well last night. I’m the type of person who needs to have a good night’s sleep or have things perfect order (clean house, swept floors, bed made, general tidiness) […]
The Lifespan of a Fact
On Saturday night, Andrew and I went to a local theatre group to see a performance of this play based on a book called The Lifespan of a Fact. We hadn’t been to amateur theatre in many years and we do have some local groups in the area. I had seen this as advertised in […]
The Cult of Taylor Swift
I don’t know how many times this year I’ve thought to myself that “I don’t understand the world we are living in right now.” It’s as if the lines are blurred between fact and fiction; real or fake. Nothing makes sense yet nothing is surprising anymore. To be honest, I think we have lost our […]
Battered by Melbourne Storms
The day was sweltering hot on Tuesday. It was 38 and with strong winds. The worst weather you’d wish to have in a state that still remembers the worst bush fires that decimated entire regions, homes, livestock, flora and fauna a few years back. I had just started my French class when there was a […]
What’s in My Book Haul?
Here’s the latest book haul video I filmed this morning to share on my YouTube channel on some new and second hand books I’ve recently bought to read sometime…. I’ve got a whole heap of videos banked up to be published over the coming weeks. Here are some of the reviews I’ll be sharing: I […]
Celebrating Our 18th Wedding Anniversary
Today was our 18th wedding anniversary and we usually celebrate the day with a dinner somewhere. This year, I decided to instead see an exhibition in town followed by some lunch. The Titanic Artefact Exhibition was on at the Melbourne Museum and it was a fantastic one that walked us through gangway right to the […]