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Books – September 2025
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Books Read: 4Pages Read: 1735 Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino From Storygraph: At the moment when Voyager 1 is launched into space carrying its famous golden record, a baby of unusual…
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Stonehenge and Salisbury
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Friday 16th May 2025 This was our last real day of our UK holiday. We got up and left our accommodation at 5 am to get to our Stonehenge Sunrise…
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Cool Bloggers Walking Club – Week 1
Elisabeth has challenged us to do 10 minutes of intentional movement every day in October. Here’s the details from my first week. Wednesday October 1st: 15 minutes pre-gym run. Walk…
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A Long Weekend in the Grampians
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For Christmas my parents gave me and my siblings vouchers to stay a night at the Royal Mail hotel in Dunkeld and have dinner at Wickens, the main restaurant there.…
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Wales Day 14: Caerleon Roman Sites, Tintern Abbey and on to England
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Thursday 15th May 2025 Today we packed up to head towards Stonehenge, but first we had a few more sites to visit in Wales. Our first stop was the Caerleon…
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List #35: Habits on my Tracking Spreadsheet
After being away for so much of this year, I was determined to get back into some kind of routine once we were going to be mostly home. I set…
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List #34:Good Things Friday September 2025
Can you believe that it will be October next week? The months are flying by and are filled with good things. What are your recent good things? Do you have…
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Wales Day 13: Pen-y-Fan and Hay-on-Wye
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Wednesday 14th May 2025 This morning we had coffee and pastries at Coffee#1 in Brecon and picked up some BLT sandwiches while we were there for a picnic lunch. We…
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Books: August 2025
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Damascus Station – David McCloskey From Storygraph: A CIA officer and his recruit arrive in Damascus to hunt for a killer CIA case officer Sam Joseph is dispatched to Paris…
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Wildflower wander, Green Waste, New Running Schedule
Yesterday I went on a guided wildflower wander at the Yalukit Willam Nature Reserve. Our council has put on a series of these wanders through various reserves in the area.…
"Instructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it." – Mary Oliver