1. I’m in a bit of a reading slump.
2. So I popped by my favourite book shop, Readings, and bought a book that I knew nothing about. Nothing at all.
3. More opera this week, this time Don Giovanni. It was a new production and very good (but so very long – I may/ may not have had a little nana nap during Act I but perked up during Act II where the harpsichord solos rock).
4. My lovely friend Steph is visiting from London in June. She has requested that I make this cake. I will oblige.
5. Steph and I are having a little holiday in Hobart – I’m busy planning #ALLTHEPLACES that we’ll dine. High on the list are Ethos and Franklin.
6. A friend asked if I was interested in going with her to Crossfit. Before I committed, I asked a physio friend what she thought about it. She sent me this article and from the pictures alone, I’m quite sure that Crossfit and I will not be friends.
7. Looking forward to seeing this film.
8. I need a new phone (mine dies when I take a call…) – I just hate dealing with technology.
9. But I have already bought a new phone cover to make the whole task more enjoyable. Priorities.
10. Sonya Hartnett at Moreland Library. I think you all know how much I love her work. And there’s an ABBA reference. And she talks a lot about Of A Boy, the most heart-breaking book I’ve ever read.
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Too-rigorous exercise is dangerous.
That cake. Mmmm, thanks for sharing recipe. It will be printed off and considered. I’m guessing not for U/18s?
And can I recommend Malcolm Knox’s new novel The Wonder Lover. It surprised me with its fabulousness, and was so welcome after I’d read a handful of meh books in a row. Also Fallen, a memoir is very good. I don’t ordinarily read memoir, but this is so beautifully written, and so compelling and candid, and different, intersecting religion, sex and an failing open marriage. (Disclosure: I know Rochelle the author.)
No danger of too-rigorous exercise here 😉
Oddly, when I wandered into Readings for a book I knew nothing about, I also bought The Wonder Lover – might start it next.
Huh! I saw a documentary that I assume was the basis for that film … It was on telly a while ag0 – did you see it?
Bugger, didn’t see it.
Well, actually it was like a year ago or something … Not really thT recent.
A G&T Cake? That’s brilliant. Might be the exception to the no drinking before midday rule… Putting the film on my list of things to see.
Because of course, it’s cake!
Cross fit encourages people to push themselves much harder than normal exercise. If you don’t exercise regularly then it could be harmful to do a cross fit program though the photos on that site are from the extreme end.
That movie looks good…I enjoy Helen Mirren in almost anything.
Exercise that is so brutal is not my thing…I barely can stand normal exercise…LOL.
The cake, however, looks yummy….and I’m curious about Our Endless Numbered Days.
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