Sunday Blog 65 – 1st January 2023 I love to spend this in-between time between Christmas and New Year reviewing what I said I would do last year, and dreaming up the next year. My new year planner is waiting for me to fill it with my visions and plans. My 2022 Vision Board is …
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The elf re-appears – kind of
Sunday Blog 64 – 18th December 2022 Last week I spent my Sunday Blog sharing my health woes and feeling a bit sorry for myself. This Sunday I am happy to report that my Elf, while still a bit elusive is at least visiting regularly. The neck pain is largely receding and my energy is …
As long as you’ve got your elf…
Sunday Blog 63 – Sunday 11th December 2022 I remember this cartoon from years ago–I can’t quite find the right attribution without falling into a black internet hole so I am taking the risk of just posting it, anyway. It’s so topical for me. Because, Christmas and Elf. Yes, mature people are always saying “as …
A year on…
Sunday Blog 62 – 20 November 2022 So clearly I haven’t had a professional follow up photo – but here I am, one year on from the 23rd November 2021 discovery within my gold diary’s pages that I’d had ENOUGH. It was time to quit the day job. I decided as well as quitting the …
Gracetown Cookfest
Sunday Blog 61 – 13th November 2022 I’m not sure if any of my other siblings even remember that holiday. But it’s stayed with me to this day. The Gracetown Cookfest holiday I am calling it. In need to differentiate it because every holiday since the 1960s we six lucky children went en famille to …
Our headlines change…
Sunday Blog 60 – 6th November 2022 There is a trigger warning on this post as it talks about grief, sexual assault and trying to make a difference from the traumas that we experience. Please take care when reading or feel free to scroll on by. I can only guess that it was around 10am …
Have fun creating…
Sunday Blog 59 – 30th October 2022 It was the long ago, faraway world of 1983 and I was in Year 13 – the first year out of school. I was dating someone older than me so that meant I was adopting all his preferences, in this case music. I found myself camped outside of …
You are the sky…
Sunday Blog 58 – 23rd October 2022 Getting Covid right at the end of the “official” pandemic, when staying home is only recommended, not mandated, has been strange on so many levels. What’s weirdest for me is wanting to stay close to home. Don’t get me wrong, I love my home, but I adore heading …
“C” is for community…
Sunday Blog 57 – 16th October 2022 Yesterday I had the pleasure of attending the Town Team Convergence event held in Perth’s southern suburbs. It brought together people from Town Teams across different suburbs of Perth but also from our Midwest and South West – up to four hours drive away. Town teams are a …
Homecomings and the spicy cough
Sunday Blog 56 – 9th October 2022 The suitcase was completely unpacked, the memory-foam neck cushion had its cover stripped for cleaning, the travel wash was flapping on the line, even the adaptor plugs were stored away. Why did I feel so discombobulated and not quite here? Travel is always a bit like that for …