01. All Mondays should come with a Pool Pass.

02. Soft shell crab nori tacos at Taku.

03. Saw Anne Enright speak at the State Library this week and she was wonderful – warm, generous and funny. I’ll save the bits she said about The Wren, the Wren for when I actually read (and review) it, but will share other gems –

On Covid lockdowns (and her lack of reading during that time) – “Reading novels made no sense. Novels need a society and society was gone.”

On Irish writers and the fact that they tend to “…default to the lyrical and romanticizing poverty…” (as I call it: Irish Misery Porn)

And that she is “…interested in making the reader identify with morally complicated situations…”

04. Australia’s Eurovision entry for 2024.

05. Massive day at spin.

06. Time to vote for your Eucalypt of the Year.

07. Saw All of Us Strangers. Bawled. So, so good.

08. So clever. Can’t believe I didn’t think of it.

09. If Carlton keep having narrow wins all season, my nerves will be shot.