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Grrr, Australia Post …
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Part of our garden plans involved moving the Lillypillys along our east boundary to the front fence line and replacing them with various citrus. Before Christmas, I moved all the…
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Detouring from my usual paths
To get my project of running every street in a 5km radius of our house kick-started again, I added some detours to my usual run along the beach path. I…
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Our annual ritual is back on …
Each summer, Dad drives down to the Otways to pick Silvan berries to make jam. If I’m around I usually try to go down with him along with whoever else…
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December’s Books in 25 Words
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Summarising in 25 words what was most noteworthy to me from the books I finished this month. Not many books finished this month, a combination of busy days, several partially…
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2023 Intentions
I have a running list I call my ultimate list, with things I want (or need) to do. Not the things that need doing immediately, but all those other things.…
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Friday Thoughts #4
Christmas was at our place this year. We had 16 people, and since it was a warm day, we had ten people sitting at our table inside and six outside…
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Friday Thoughts #3
I finished my Christmas shopping this morning and cleared off all my work this afternoon. I now have a pot of soup on the stove. I threw all the veggies…
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Taking Stock December 2022
Making: Meyer Lemon Bars, but with ordinary lemons for a thank-you function for our Church’s op shop volunteers. This is a very yummy, lemony slice. Highly recommended and pretty easy.…
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A Sunday Reminder
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In a wild world like ours, your character, left untended, will become … a vacant lot filled with thorns, weeds, broken bottles, raggedy grocery bags and dog droppings. Brian McLaren,…
"Instructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it." – Mary Oliver