Category: life

Week 44/2025: A weekend in Launceston

Week of 27 October 2025 Ahhh. The week after the week of the final public holiday before the end of year break. This post is wholly researched and written by me. I do not use AI in my writing. I will always bring you my stories in my real...

Week 43/2025: The week I ditched my Fitbit

I love the third week of October because it’s Hobart Show week and we get a day off in the middle of the week. This post is wholly researched and written by me. I do not use AI in my writing. I will always bring you my stories in...

Week 42/2025: A week off

Week of 13 October 2025 I had this week off work. Hurrah! It was the week after school holidays. It’s weird. Now I don’t have a school-age child living at home, I have no idea when school holidays is and the only way I notice is there is less...

Week 40/2025: Zines!

Week of 29 September 2025 This was a very exciting week! The baby peregrine falcons in the nest at 367 Collins Street in Melbourne hatched. The first one on Tuesday. Now there are three little chicks for us to watch for the next six weeks as they grow and...

Week 39/2025: Writing a short story in a day

Week of 22 September 2025 This post includes a copy of my recent post on Substack about a recent short story writing workshop with Angela Slatter, so if you follow my writing blog over there you may have already read this. But there’s also my usual weekly update of...

Week 38/2025: A loud week

Week of 15 September 2025 This week started where last week left off: In Melbourne for Kramstable’s birthday. But, alas, we had to come home, and navigating the airport was Not Fun. This post is wholly researched and written by me. I do not use AI in my writing....

Week 36/2025: Adult learners week

Week of 1 September 2025 A week of celebrating learning. This post is wholly researched and written by me. I do not use AI in my writing. I will always bring you my stories in my real human voice. Adult learners week This year is the 30th anniversary of...

Week 35/2025: Wear it purple 2025

Week of 25 August 2025 It’s the last week of official winter and there were lots of rainbows. As always, this post is wholly researched and written by me. I do not use AI in my writing. I will always bring you my stories in my real human voice....

Week 34/2025: A catch-up post

Week of 18 August I’m watching the weeks slip away and posts not being finished. My uni assignment has taken up a lot of my time and there hasn’t been much else going on. So this is a quick catch-up post. There are more to come! This post is...

Week 33/2025: Beaker Street

Week of 11 August 2025 A week of Beaker Street! As usual: This post is wholly researched and written by me. I do not use AI in my writing. I will always bring you my stories in my real human voice. If there are any em dashes in this...