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 […]
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
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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 […]
More Mutiny on the Bounty
Today while the workmen outside banged and drilled, I had to escape the house for a little while. I decided to go to the local strip of shops in our suburb and peruse the opp shops. Opportunity (‘Opp’) shops are places where people bring in their old clothes, books, shoes, furnishings, anything really, to be […]
I Don’t Need to Tweet This
Thanks to David Hopkins for this excellent headline as I copied it from his recent blog post. (I hope he doesn’t mind). I’ve been reading his blog posts for some years and his recent one resonated. Many of his posts seem to me, to follow the same questions that I had been going through for […]
I’m Doing a Descartes
I’m undertaking the Coursera Course: Know Thyself: The Value of an UnExamined Life by the University of Edinburgh as something to pass the time in my day and it’s been interesting so far. Certainly, I’m not doing this for any accreditations but merely, learning for myself…because why not? (In all honesty, I wanted to do […]
Know Thyself
I have started a MOOC on Coursera called Know Thyself by the University of Ediburgh. I’ve always been a fan of these online courses (despite a lot of people bagging them out) because as a self-driven learner, I like how the course is free – and that it is set out in a way that […]
Time for a Whisky
I Spoke French
Today I caught up with my good friend for lunch and a bit of a natter (chat). We usually meet halfway between our respective homes and tried out a pub meal which was delicious. However before our meeting, I had to stop and take a photo of two P&O cruise liners which were at Station […]
Who is Jordan Peterson?
Who indeed? I have to wonder about these bloody algorithms that bring up such bullshit into YouTube feed. * Mental note: figure out a way to get rid of YouTube shorts because they get bizarre I have no idea who this person is. Never heard of him. However everything about him is making my sensors […]