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Renewal: First Quarter Thoughts
Since I picked my word, I’ve had lots of thoughts about renewal, but most are floating around willy-nilly in my head. I think I need to wrangle them into written form to really pin them down, which I WILL do. In the meantime, I thought I’d jot down a few thoughts on how it’s been going and what I’ve been thinking about, but first, I want to give a bit more detail about the reason why renewal is a good fit for this year. We all know the pandemic disrupted people’s lives—here in Melbourne, we had six lockdowns totalling 262 days over the course of 2020 and 2021. 151 of…
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Tenderheart Cook #20, #21 and #22
Roasted Carrots with black-eyed peas and basil green goddess The Quick Lowdown: Tumeric Roasted Broccoli The Quick Lowdown: Eggplant, “char siu” style The Quick Lowdown:
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Good Things Friday
Easter Weekend with my Family So many good things last weekend. When we’re down at my parents a major portion of our time is spent thinking about what to eat, shopping for food to eat, preparing food to eat and eating. Everyone pitches in in some capacity, whether with the shopping, the cooking or the cleaning up. Meals stretch for a while with lots of chatting while we’re eating. Aside from that, everyone is comfortable wandering off to do their own thing, but we also spend a lot of time sitting, either outside under the grapevine or in the living room, just chatting. Good times! There were also several memorable…
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March 2024 Books
Cytonic – Brandon Sanderson This is the third book in the Skyward series. The best thing about the series is how each book expands the world-building. In this book, Spensa travels into the Nowhere. She meets a whole new group of characters who she bonds with, trains with and then defeats their foes, which is, unfortunately, a bit of a repeat of the plots of the first two books. Overall though, the story in these books has captured my attention and kept me engaged. I have the next book in the series on hold at the library. (4 stars) Gondwana Theology: A Trawloolway man reflects on Christian Faith – Garry…
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101 Things in 1001 days: 200-Day Check-In
I started my 101 Things list on September 11th 2023. I’m checking my progress every 100 days. At the end of the first 100 days, I calculated that I was 11.73% complete. Let’s get into the next 200 days, shall we? For days 100-200, I completed 8.22% of my list, which means I’m 19.96% through the list. I might need to get a wriggle on over the next 100 days.
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Christ is Risen
He is risen indeed! Happy Easter to you and your loved ones.
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Good Things Friday – Good Friday Edition
Easter Weekend We are back down at my parent’s place for the Easter weekend with various extended family members. The weather is stunning, and I’m looking forward to running (I hurt my foot on Tuesday, but I’m going to test it tomorrow; hopefully, my 26K will be a go on Sunday), walking, eating and lots of sitting outside chatting. I wish we could do both this and celebrate Easter at our church. I was thinking maybe next year we come down after the Good Friday service, but my nephew just arrived and said the traffic was horrendous, and it took him three hours to get here. Our Anniversary We had…
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Tasmania 2024 Day 3 – Devils, Spectacular Coastline, Back to Hobart
G and I woke up reasonably early on Sunday to pack up and head out to the Tasmanian Devil Unzoo while our friends had a more leisurely morning. I can’t remember seeing a Tasmanian Devil before, so we wanted to take this opportunity to see one. The Devils are endangered due to roadkill and a contagious facial tumour. The Devils on the peninsula are tumour-free and protected by a devil-proof bridge on one of the crossings from the population in the rest of Tasmania. We saw these two brothers get fed, which was wild. They fought for the piece of meat, and then one ran off it with the other…
