-
Eating my Veggies … and a NaBloPoMo Wrap-Up
With going away for the weekend, moving house and a few other functions, I was feeling sorely in need of some veggies. This Greens with Roasted Squash, Tahini, & Dukkah…
-
We have moved in …
and it looks like this: It is late, but our bed is made and ready to crawl into and escape the chaos for a few hours.
-
The state of the river
Last weekend we went up to Moama for the Pop and Pour festival. We had been wondering whether it would go ahead because of the widespread flooding through Victoria in…
-
Melbourne Street Art
Melbourne is apparently world-famous for its street art. I want to do a tour one day and learn more about it because I’m clueless, but that doesn’t stop me from…
-
Indigenous Plants
One of the goals for our garden is to include plantings to enhance our local biodiversity. To this end, I’ve been doing some research. I found several helpful resources: Once…
-
Taking Stock November 2022
Taking stock of where I am this month with prompts by Pip. Making: the most of our temporary digs. I went to an exhibition at the ACMI, strolled down through…
-
Walking
Several years ago, one of my university assignments was to do a neighbourhood exegesis. This involved a two-hour walk around the neighbourhood, with a list of questions to help me…
-
-
Why I Still Blog
This is a follow-up to yesterday’s post. Thank you to those who weighed in on the discussion in the comments. Suzanne made the important point that the popularity of your…
-
Public and Private
I had a blog before this one. Started when the kids were small, when personal blogs were more of a thing; I gradually posted less as the kids got older,…
"Instructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it." – Mary Oliver