I celebrated my 50th last night. Continue reading
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Things That Are Making Me Happy This Week
01. Had a big Saturday afternoon and evening at Rising: Continue reading
Things That Are Making Me Happy This Week
01. Readers, make a beeline for MTC’s The Sound Inside – packed with literary references, and very cleverly structured. I can’t find a complete reading list, but this one includes a quote about Franzen that made me laugh out loud.
“I told her that reading Jonathan Franzen is the equivalent of eating a few servings of truck-stop-quality fruit cocktail and then going on a spirited jog down a well- appointed Upper-middle-class street with giant initials on all the garages.” Continue reading
Eurovision 2022
Eurovision kicks off in five days. Here are my preliminary thoughts but, as we know from previous years, the live performance can change everything (my picks are at the very end). Continue reading
Things That Are Making Me Happy This Week
A very quiet week as still in recovery mode.
01. Piccolina’s delicious gelato answer to the box of Roses. Continue reading
Things That Are Making Me Happy This Week
01. Here is my sensational Sunday: Continue reading
Things That Are Making Me Happy This Week
Remarkably, I’ve been a COVID-dodger until this week. Two of my adult children were in isolation earlier in the year, but I was away at the time, so avoided having to isolate. Alas, it’s caught us, and all six of us are confined to the house. This week’s update was going to include Admissions at the MTC and a gin festival… but instead, it has a 2020-vibe (i.e. what I’m watching/ eating/ drinking/ listening to).
01. A win against my least-liked team to open the 2022 season. Continue reading
Things That Are Making Me Happy This Week
01. I did a group forest therapy session this week (and dragged a friend along with me) – lots of mindfulness and tree-hugging, but my favourite bit was the time spent creating an ‘artwork’ from things found on the ground. I noticed afterwards, how wholly absorbed I was in the task of arranging the leaves I’d collected. Truly therapeutic. Continue reading
Things That Are Making Me Happy This Week
01. Acorn collecting under the most magnificent oaks in Heidelberg (acorns required for my acorn vase). Continue reading
Eurovision – Australia Decides
The big Eurovision news of the day is the fact that Russia has been banned from competing, but today is also the day that Australia decides on its Eurovision 2022 entry.
There are eleven contenders – Continue reading