Month: November 2020

  • How About This Heat, Sydney?

    How About This Heat, Sydney?

    I’m going to say it because I doubt there’s a soul in Sydney today who hasn’t said it as well. How.  About.  This.  Heat.  It’s energy-sapping and almost soul-destroying in its ability to make everything too much effort.  And it’s been relentless in pursuit of all creatures great and small.  Sun  up or sundown, the…

  • Consciously Un-stressing.

    Consciously Un-stressing.

    It’s just under 4 weeks until I’m off on annual leave and I’m consciously un-stressing in anticipation.  Going for the fuss-free option wherever possible.  Leaving things off my ‘to-do’ list if they are neither necessary or contributing in a positive way to the un-stressing process.   Just breathing.  Just being.  Just seeing.  It’s all sunshine and…

  • Less Than Forty Days Out….

    Less Than Forty Days Out….

    It’s beginning to look a lot like summer / Christmas / birthdays / New Years. To be honest, I was a little frightened that the holiday season glimmer that I usually see this time of the year filtered through would be a no show but fortunately this hasn’t come to pass.  I’m a creature of…

  • Spring-Summer. The Familiar Anchors Us.

    Spring-Summer.  The Familiar Anchors Us.

    My favourite time of the year here in Sydney has Arrived.  I’ve got the last dregs of a cold today, my to-do list of life admin has doubled thanks to the happy addition of end of year events and I’m on the ‘one more coffee at 4pm’ level of daily caffeine ingestion but when I…

  • The Week That Was. ‘More Than A Woman, – Caitlin Moran.

    The Week That Was.  ‘More Than A Woman, – Caitlin Moran.

    In Audible news this week, I’m listening to ‘More Than A Woman’, written and narrated by Catilin Moran. Make a cup of tea or get yourself a coffee because there’s much to discuss. Both about the book and the week that was and about being ‘More Than A Woman’. The week has been a mix…

  • A Sentence (Or Two) A Day: October 2020.

    A Sentence (Or Two) A Day: October 2020.

    We’re nearly at the business (read parties and good times) end of the year!!! Continuing to be counseled by Michelle Obama’s ‘Becoming’.  Her considered reflection and wisdom take my mind to places it needs to go on my commutes each day. The low key dramas of work today could only herald one thing – I’m…