It’s fascinating to see how much we get used to a situation and then fail to change it because it seems bothersome to do so. For years, we didn’t replace all the light globes in our dining and lounge rooms for whatever reason. Instead I used lamps or lit candles, or just went to bed […]
That Time
Today I spent the better part of 15 minutes wandering in and out of rooms, checking on too and inside drawers, going through bags trying to find one pair of reading glasses. I’ve got two pairs but for some reason, I misplaced both. This seems to be happening more frequently as I enter rooms then […]
Community Roles Coming At Me
It’s 3:11 am. I was tossing and turning thinking of the most weird things. Namely, Bligh and the Rum Rebellion of 1808 in the penal colony of New South Wales. I had been thinking that if I time travelled back to this time, and met the man himself (who let’s face it, copped two mutinies […]
Working on Community
Today I focussed on creating a facilitated session on Building Community at my place of work, Rapid Circle. I work for this international company filled with highly competent and technical boffins who love solving problems and working on Microsoft 365 products. To be honest, a lot of what they talk about flies over my head […]
Weird Client Story No.1
Many years ago, I had a client who was off his face on drugs. Initially I had no idea that he was affected as he just seemed out of it. There was a lot of weirdness about him. I’d end up waiting for him to rock up to appointments made; he’d forget or he’d call […]
Grim Melbourne
Today I worked in the city. It’s the time of the year where it gets dark early. There are dead leaves on wet and oily city streets underfoot and you need to be careful where you step so you don’t slip. People are rushing to get to work or to get home. All in the […]
Princess Mary of Denmark
I watched this documentary today celebrating Princess Mary’s 50th birthday. Everyone loves Mary. I remember the whole media story when her romance with Frederick became public after the Sydney Olympic Games (that’s where they met). At the time, it was recounted as the “perfect love story” and given that in my younger years, I had […]
Call of The Gums
About a week ago, I visited a second hand store to browse some clothes and hopefully pick me up a bargain. I love second hand shops because you can spend hours in there having a bit of a look-see and you never know what you could find. Usually I walk away with more books than […]
I Love Hats
I have a head for hats. If someone asked me to name one positive think about my body, it would be my head for hats. That’s about it really. Everything else is pretty much take it or leave it. Okay. Maybe my straight nose, my eyes (albeit myopic) and, umm…nah, that’s about it. That’s a […]
Election Time
It’s election month in Australia and it’s a crazy time. On my name day, 21st May, Australia goes to the vote to determine the new political party that will govern us. I don’t take this responsibility lightly. I’ve always been someone who valued that we can vote in relative peace and that we can have […]