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

  • Good Things Friday

    Good Things Friday

    Last weekend was the Gold Coast Marathon Weekend when both G and I were supposed to run the marathon, and we were out of action. So instead of completing my…

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  • Good Things Friday

    Good Things Friday

    After last week’s crazy list of medical things, this week has had its own round of ups and downs and medical appointments. G still has daily dressings but I had…

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  • June 2024 Books

    June 2024 Books

    The Paris Apartment – Lucy Foley I’m getting in some Paris-themed reading before I head there in September. Lucy travels to Paris to stay with her brother in a fancy…

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  • The Renewing Power of Repetition

    The Renewing Power of Repetition

    Last year I put on my list of intentions to develop and maintain some new habit stacks. It didn’t go well. By mid-year I’d called time on this intention and…

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  • Good Things Friday

    Good Things Friday

    Fri 21.6.2024 sat 22.6.2024 SUN 23.6.2024 Mon 24.6.2024 Tues 25.6.2024 WED 26.6.2024 Thurs 27.6.2024 Over to you. How’s your week been?

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  • May 2024 Books

    May 2024 Books

    So it is almost July and I’m just getting round to reviewing the books I read in May. Too Much Lip – Melissa Lucashenko Winner of the 2019 Miles Franklin…

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  • List # 8: Multiday Walks That Are On My Radar

    List # 8: Multiday Walks That Are On My Radar

    As I wrote last week, G and I are keen to do some more multi-day hiking/walking. We prefer options that you don’t have to camp, although my tolerance for a…

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  • Good Things Friday

    Good Things Friday

    Have I mentioned before that I was inspired by Elisabeth identifying her “Happy Things Friday” posts as a “Sabbath practice” to regard these posts as my own Sabbath practice? Wirzba’s…

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  • Multi-Day Hiking – My Thoughts So Far

    Multi-Day Hiking – My Thoughts So Far

    Earlier this year, we did the Three Capes Walk in Tasmania, a four-day walk on the Tasman Peninsula. I’ve just finished my recaps: Day 1, Day 2, Day 3 and…

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  • Tasmania Day 10: Three Capes Walk Day 4

    Tasmania Day 10: Three Capes Walk Day 4

    Overnight, I could hear the trees outside my room creaking and banging in the wind. It had picked up, and by morning, the wind gusts were reaching up to 140…

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