I think I’ve reached the toughest age in a woman’s life. Actually, given that I’ve never been through giving birth, maybe I don’t really know if I have but based on my own experience, I would say this phase of a woman’s life in her 50s would be the toughest. Physically, mentally and emotionally. Everything. […]
Waking Up on the Wrong Side of the Bed
I woke up this morning with pain all over my body. A different kind of pain from the body aches yesterday post vaccination. For example, I couldn’t swallow – it felt like something was stuck in my rib cage. Anyway, that abated after a while. Then I had a bit of numbness in my left […]
Sick and…Some Comedy
Well, the vaccinations I had yesterday hit me. I had both the flu vaccine (right arm) and Covid 4th booster (left arm). At the moment, the fourth booster is for those over 65 and there’s little to no advertising about it. Covid seems to be a long and distant memory (but that’s not really the […]
The World Has Changed
So I’m back home now after a short trip away and took the time today to catch up on errands. I took the day off work today because I worked on one of my days off last week, so it’s a day in lieu. Today was meant to be the start of our landscape work […]
Villa Triste
As I tap this out on my phone, I’m sitting on an aisle seat on a plane heading home. Holding my head in my hand, I feel my breathing escape from the mask that sits uncomfortably on the bridge of my nose fogging my glasses. I’ll be home soon. I’ve just finished Patrick Modiano’s novel, […]
Brisbane’s Maritime History
After a breakfast of poached eggs and avocado on toast in one of the mall’s cafes, I dropped into the Queensland Tourist Information centre. I had heard that there was a Heritage History Walking Tour however, apparently I had to book it in advance as they didn’t accept drop ins. Part of me was thinking […]
Scare in the Air
I started this morning at 4:30 am with anticipation. For the first time in a few years, I was going to travel interstate for work! I had been mentally preparing for this event having packed medications and RATs first into my bag. After hearing the horror stories of airport mayhem with lack of staff and […]
Time Without Clocks
I’m reading the memoir of Joan Lindsay called Time Without Clocks and it’s wonderful. It’s a glimpse into the world before the Depression, of how writers and artists spent their time. Joan Lindsay was born in 1896 and you may have heard of the Australian movie Picnic at Hanging Rock about some school girls from […]
Pud’s Not Entirely Happy With Tessa
We recently bought a second hand lounge suite. We’ve been on the lookout for this type of Tessa lounge suite for a few years. The reason it’s been hard to find is that the hipsters seem to grab onto them once they get on the market. They are a well sought after brand after the […]
Learning To Fly a Drone
Our 21 year old nephew, Oliver is staying with us for a few days as he’s here to enjoy the football. At this time of the year, many Melbourne locals love going to the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG or “The G”) for the ANZAC Day (25 April) match between football teams Essendon (The Bombers) and […]