"Instructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it." – Mary Oliver

  • Birds of Bayside VOL.1

    Birds of Bayside VOL.1

    One of the things on my 101 list is to spot and photograph 50 local birds. For this project, local is within walking distance from our house. I saw these…

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  • Work and Play

    Work and Play

    Marathon training is going well. I did my second last really long run yesterday and have intervals tomorrow. I’ll have a down week next week and then the final big…

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  • City2Surf Weekend 2026

    City2Surf Weekend 2026

    We enjoyed much better weather for this City2Surf weekend than last year. There was some rain later on Sunday but most of the time we had gorgeous sunny weather. We…

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  • August Gratitudes

    August Gratitudes

    I’ve been busy since I got home, but thought I’d squeeze in a little update with the first half of my August gratitudes.

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  • We Are Home …

    We Are Home …

    I loved our time away, but there is nothing like coming home—dinner with our daughter, Riley sleeping on his mat, or sniffing all the things on his morning walk, saying…

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  • Books: July 2026

    Books: July 2026

    The Slap – Christos Tsiolkas From Storygraph: To smack or not to smack is the question that reverberates through the interconnected lives dissected in Christos Tsiolkas’ award-winning novel. At a…

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  • Things I Don’t Want to Forget V.1

    Things I Don’t Want to Forget V.1

    A little list from out time in Noosa this year: … and in the interest of keeping it real—I want to forget about the 10 days of migraines in July.…

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  • Time Logging July 2026

    Time Logging July 2026

    I put on my list to time track five times and I thought it might be interesting to do one of those weeks while we are in Noosa. We are…

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  • Blackout Poetry #1: Scourge of our Age?

    Blackout Poetry #1: Scourge of our Age?

    Inspired by Tobia I decided to start my own book of blackout poetry. Today’s is inspired by the dire state of political discourse.

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  • Gold Coast Weekend and A Few Other Things

    Gold Coast Weekend and A Few Other Things

    Last weekend was the Gold Coast Marathon weekend. G, S and I all did the half-marathon, along with our friend M. None of us were aiming for PB’s as we…

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