Category: NaBloPoMo
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What I Love About Our New Neighbourhood
We have always lived in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, but I have always loved being near the ocean, and we didn’t want to do the full sea change thing; I still love the city, so we decided to move bayside. We bought an apartment off the plan and have been renting 500m from the…
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My ballooning current reading list
Partway through this year, I decided I wanted to do less scrolling and more reading real books. I always make sure I have a variety of books on the go, and usually one ready to slot in when I finish a book. I’ve got into a bit of a routine with my reading but in…
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We have vacated the premises …
our furniture is in our apartment, and we are in our temporary accommodation while we wait for the titles office to do their job so we can settle on the apartment. Disappointed not to be in our apartment, but we are planning on making the most of our city stay.
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Garden Goals
The apartment we are about to move into has a very large outdoor area. It’s actually larger than the inside! The garden has been planted out with a fairly generic, low-maintenance garden. This is fine but won’t really meet what we want from that space, so we will make some changes once we move in.…
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Five Substacks I Read
I’ve only really started subscribing to newsletters recently. Here are some of the ones that intersect with my current interests. Do you subscribe to substack newsletters?
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Black Swan Cygnets
Spotted on a run around Albert Park in September. Seen Saturday: several groups of cygnets of various ages.
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Good News
I’m certain that I was feeling crap last Thursday because of the COVID vaccination. By Friday I was starting to feel better. Yesterday I did my 20km long run, and today, I did a 6km recovery run. I did feel a bit flat yesterday, but I think I was a bit under-fueled. The post-run brekkie…
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Let me ask you this
Let me ask you this.Do you also think that beauty exists for some fabulous reason? And, if you have not been enchanted by this adventure— your life—what would do for you? To Begin With, The Sweet Grass by Mary Oliver Superb Fairy Wrens were crowned the Australian 2021 bird of the year, and I can…
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I don’t know whether …
this is foolish or not, but I’ve decided to attempt NaBloPoMo as a way to kick my blogging into gear and try a few different posts that I’ve been thinking about. The idea is to post every day for the month of November, although I’ve already failed because I decided to join in late. My…