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

  • Good Things Friday

    Rounding up all the good things this week. I wrote that sentence last week and then got so busy, I’m now rounding up the good things from the last two…

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  • List #7: Places I’ve Lived

    I have never lived outside Melbourne. We currently live the furthest I ever have from where I was born which was the William Angliss Hospital in Ferntree Gully—31 km away.…

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  • Good Things Friday

    A few of the good things from my week … Cutback Week with Albert Parkrun Last weekend I was still on my cutback week for running, which I love. It…

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  • Hiking @ Ferny

    I’ve mentioned before that my husband has moved to a 4-day work week and I work casual hours from home, so some weeks we can do some fun things during…

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  • January’s Books

    Starsight – Brandon Sanderson This is the second book in the Skyward series. Spensa is flung into a whole new world in this book in the series. While I missed…

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  • Good Things Friday

    Today I have two weeks’ worth of good things because last Friday was a … Public Holiday Australia Day was last Friday which meant we had a long weekend, so…

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  • Tenderheart Cook #16 and #17

    Cooking my way through the Tenderheart Cookbook. Creamy Whole roasted Eggplant with Tomato and Lentil Sauce The Quick Lowdown: Butternut Pumpkin Lasagne The Quick Lowdown:

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  • Renewal … some initial thoughts

    RENEWAL: the instance of resuming something after an interruption the replacement or repair of something I announced my word late last year but didn’t go into a lot of detail…

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  • List #6: Things I Want to Learn

    What kinds of things would you like to learn?

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  • Good Things Friday

    Another Beach Day I managed to squeeze in a second beach day before I left my parents’ place in Point Lonsdale. Since I’ve been home we’ve had one day that…

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