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

  • I Saw The Southern Lights!

    I Saw The Southern Lights!

    I’ve been feeling pretty disappointed about missing out on seeing the Southern Lights in May 2024 when there was such a big storm and a great opportunity to see them…

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  • Lorne Long Weekend (Cont)

    Lorne Long Weekend (Cont)

    This originally started as last week’s Five on Friday post , but life stepped in, so now I’m going to just post the details of our weekend at Lorne and…

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  • List #50: A Few Adventurous Things I Have Done

    List #50: A Few Adventurous Things I Have Done

    Early in this list making journey I posted a list of things I have no intention of doing which was mostly populated by various thrill-seeking activities. I thought it might…

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  • Five on Friday

    Five on Friday

    I hadn’t got to inbox zero since before Christmas so Tuesday night after dinner I sat down with my computer and did a big clearout. I had 185 emails in…

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  • List #49: What I Ate on Christmas Day

    List #49: What I Ate on Christmas Day

    Early on in my list journey I did a list of foods I ate on Christmas Day and I figured why not almost round off the list with a repeat…

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  • Books – December 2025

    Books – December 2025

    Ekphrasis, Vision, and Persuasion in the Book of Revelation – Robyn J. WhitakerRobyn J. Whitaker demonstrates how a rhetorical analysis of the visions of God in the Book of Revelation…

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  • List #48: 100 Things That Made my Year – 2025

    List #48: 100 Things That Made my Year – 2025

    Happy New Year to you all! This is my usual end-of-year review format that I stole from Austin Kleon. You can see 2024’s post here, 2023’s post here and 2022’s…

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  • Pre-Christmas Bits and Bobs

    Pre-Christmas Bits and Bobs

    I’ve been a bit scarce around here and this will be my last post before Christmas. Since I plan to rest, spend time with my extended family, read books, go…

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  • Books – November 2025

    Books – November 2025

    Dream Count – Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche From Stroygraph: Chiamaka is a Nigerian travel writer living in America. Alone in the midst of the pandemic, she recalls her past lovers and…

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  • Bits and Bobs

    Bits and Bobs

    I intended to take a break after NaBloPoMo, but not a whole week, so this is a bit of a catch up post. First up, some photos from Pop and…

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