Month: January 2019

  • It’s Summer and It’s Hot In Sydney. Food I Ate In Perth.

    It’s Summer and It’s Hot In Sydney.  Food I Ate In Perth.

    It’s not fancy but it was cheap (the last one they had at Woolies for $35 down from $50) and we’ve become very good friends in the days that we’ve been together. I speak, of course, of my new metal floor fan.  My old one broke rather dramatically on the night we returned from Perth…

  • Perth Revisited.

    Perth Revisited.

    There’s something special that happens when Perth and I reconnect. It’s around the time that I hit the tarmac at the airport that I feel it. The space, the flatness that seems to stretch out forever with a sense of limitless possibility, the clearness to the air. Sydney me taking a gratuitous selfie on the…

  • Lovin’ Life 24/1/2019: In Anticipation of the New School Year.

    Lovin’ Life 24/1/2019: In Anticipation of the New School Year.

    This week I’m loving the possibilities and clarity of empty spaces.  I’ve been attacking various areas of the house over the last few weeks to both create space and rid the house of anything that isn’t necessary or treasured.  My riff on the Kondo-mania that’s hit Australia these last few weeks. School begins for us…

  • Life This Week 21/1/2019: SSG Is Out Of Office.

    Life This Week 21/1/2019: SSG Is Out Of Office.

    Yee ha!!! My out of office email is live.  The calendar and diary pages have been flipped forward to the date of my return (do you do that too?).  I’ve tappity tapped down that lino-ed corridor towards home for the last time until sometime in February.  My (relatively) formal clothes and shoes for work have…

  • Lovin’ Life 17/1/2019: A Business As Usual Top 5.

    Lovin’ Life 17/1/2019: A Business As Usual Top 5.

    It’s been a finding joy in the everyday kind of week for me.  It’s business as usual as we all return to the daily grind until Easter.  It feels good to be back into the swing of things but I am also mindful and even a little scared at how fast this year is going…

  • Life This Week 14/1/2019: Intentions.

    Life This Week 14/1/2019: Intentions.

    Looking back on my summer posts, I don’t think there’s anything left to adore.  The sense of celebration palpable in the air, the change of pace, the traffic, the weather, the downtime, the family time, the me time.  I’ve covered it all at least once over the last few weeks. Everything except the sense of…

  • Lovin’ Life 10/1/2019: The Return of My Mug.

    Lovin’ Life 10/1/2019:  The Return of My Mug.

    Miracles do happen. My favourite mug has found its way back home to my office. I spotted it as I walked past the work kitchen Monday morning, casually waiting for me by the edge of the sink as if the last three weeks of life without it had never happened.  Sure, someone tried to eat…

  • Tuesday’s This and That.

    Tuesday’s This and That.

    Before I forget and I’m terribly late to the party, I know but here is my Hot Cross Buns at Woolies in January photo for 2019. It was actually taken January 5.  Aside from the buns, the front of my local Woolies is now wall to wall MaltEaster bunnies and Creme Eggs.  I know, I…

  • Life This Week 7/1/2019: Hello Again.

    Life This Week 7/1/2019: Hello Again.

    Hello again, Happy Twenty Nineteen!  I quite like the way that sounds, actually.  I’m also glad I got the year right.  Pretty impressive considering we’re only 7 days into the new year. It was a bit emotional, but the Christmas decorations have been taken down and packed away for next year. I love that we…

  • Lovin’ Life 3/1/2019: #2018bestnine

    Lovin’ Life 3/1/2019: #2018bestnine

    This is how 2018 looked on my Instagram.   My first City to Surf in a time that I may struggle to repeat in 2019 because yes, I’m going to make this middle-aged knees do it all over again come August. Master SSG’s first day of school.  It seemed like only yesterday as I look at this…