So for the last few days Andrew has caught Covid. We do our daily tests and so far, I haven’t caught it….yet. I do wonder why I haven’t caught it yet. Usually I’m the person who catches everything under the sun and then spends days in bed debilitated unable to do anything but sleep. Part […]
Turn Your TV into Art
Here’s a great YouTube channel that makes your television screen into a work of art onto your wall. Each artwork is displayed for 10 minutes giving an impression of a displayed artwork.
The Twitter Scramble
I permanently deleted Twitter on 21 June 2022. Now, to my amusement, I read the blogs of people in my networks or articles about what’s happening on Twitter, I see the mad scramble as they go through the same questions I had gone through those months ago. There’s a mad scramble to save or archive […]
Mad Cleaning Frenzy
This morning I started the deep house cleaning again. I dusted, vacuumed, mopped everything in sight and did three loads of washing. I was on a roll! However our first order of the day was covid testing. Andrew was sick today with fever and aches and pains and I had hoped it wasn’t covid. So […]
Huntingdale Wetlands
One of the best things that came out of COVID lockdowns here in Melbourne was the 5km radius rule. We could travel no further out than 5km radius from our home which made it interesting to discover nooks and crannies in your own area you would otherwise have not known about. I discovered new laneways, […]
Mute
Here’s my new book review of a book read in the course of one day (and the next morning). I couldn’t put it down mainly because the premise of going mute was something I had thought about in the past. The character in the book decides to not talk for 9 months and it’s a […]
Christmas Crochet Crafts
Last week, I caught myself thinking that I don’t have an ugly Christmas top to wear to any Christmas functions. In the northern hemisphere, people wear the ugly (although I think they’re all fabulous) Christmas jumpers. Here in the Southern Hemisphere, Christmas Day is usually very hot, and there’s no way anyone wears anything heavier […]
Trying Out French Classes at the U3A
I was looking forward to today. The University of the Third Age is near our home and when I was there last to take some photos for their newsletter, I was invited back to observe the French for Intermediate class to consider registering for next year’s classes. I’ve been going to weekly conversation classes at […]
It’s Official Now
Today I started my day with a game of golf. I put my name down to go around on the course for a practice run fully expecting no other person to join me. Instead, another lady who had exactly the same idea as me joined me and we used the opportunity to play with three […]
Resettlement Training
Many years ago when I was in the Navy, one of the supports the provided all military staff when they left the “Service” was what they called “Resettlement Training”. Every member was entitled to this as it consisted of a programmed series of guest speakers, events, counselling and other services related to resettling the defence […]
Welcome to My Bookshelf Tour
This week I decided to do a bookshelf tour of three shelves in our lounge room and although most of the books are my husband’s, you can instantly tell how different our tastes are! Enjoy!
We Wrote Another Book on Gourmet Teamwork
A couple of years ago, the company I was working for at the time Adopt & Embrace, decided to write a book together. The book was called Adopt & Embrace Microsoft Teams: A Manager’s Guide to Communication, Collaboration and Co-ordination with Microsoft Teams. It was a wonderful experience to write a book with my colleagues […]
The Women Talking About Learning Podcast
A few weeks back, I was invited by Andrew Jacobs (@AndrewJacobsLnD) to chat with Laura Overton (@lauraoverton) on his new podcast The Women Talking about Learning. This is a different podcast where Andrew, as the host effectively holds the space but doesn’t contribute or engage in the conversation between two women who are in the […]
Learning Uncut Podcast
Recently I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Michelle Ockers (@MichelleOckers) who has the Learning Uncut podcast. New #LearningUncut Ep 67 explores #Collaboration & #SocialLearning, reducing reliance on “go-to” people in organisations, supporting people to connect, work and learn in digital spaces & so much more. For full Ep highlights click here: https://t.co/gceygOPIgh #Podcast […]
A Distracted Mind
For the last few days, I’ve not accessed social media on my phone because I deleted all social media off it! After a hissy fit where I felt like shit because I was constantly picking up the bloody thing to Twitter that would feed me information that made me angry (mainly news related), I […]
The Costs of Learning Something New
You probably would have seen my rants and raves online about French. Don’t think I’ve lost the plot or something. If anything I’m letting off some steam usually because I think I should be at a level higher than where I’m at the moment. However, it’s all my fault of course. I’m more angry at […]
Capturing Video Testimonials
Sometimes we make things really hard don’t we? One of the things we’ve been trying to do is to capture success stories from customers that minimised the to and fro that goes with planning interview times, recording, editing and approving. To share stories of how you go through a process or how you overcame some […]
Without Feedback There Ain’t No Learning
For a while now I’ve been thinking “without feedback, there ain’t no learning”. Why? As you know, I’ve been learning French. I started this year taking a more self-directed approach to the language before realising that I can’t escape the fact that I need to speak it – and by speaking I mean having someone – […]
When Learning Is Hard
This year has been quite a ride when it comes to new learning. Much of it has absolutely nothing to do with communities or corporate Learning and Development. It’s all personal stuff building new skills and capabilities in my work and daily tasks. In my role as Community Manager, I’m also helping out in various […]
Doubting Yourself
This year has been a weird year for all of us. As I sat listening to the early results of the USA election where Trump prematurely claimed victory and shared that he doubted the democratic electoral process, I started to doubt myself. I sat watching the coverage amazed at how close the results were. For […]