Week 15/2026: Bizarrerie
Week of 6 April 2026 The start of the week was three days off work, thanks to public holidays and an extra day’s leave. It was very hard to go back to work on Thursday! This post is wholly researched and written by me. I do not use AI...
Week 10/2026: Hearing things
Week of 2 March 2026 This was week 2 of my second year uni course. I wrote about it on Substack, but in a nutshell, I volunteered to do a presentation (which is worth 20% of my mark) in week 2, so I spent most of last week putting...
Week 04/2026 Not finishing
Week of 19 January 2026 I’ve been reading Meditations for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman, author of Four Thousand Weeks, a book I’ve written about at length on here. I bought this book when it was first published (I was going to write ‘last year’ but it was 2024), and...
Week 01/2026: Farewell to another year
Week of 29 December 2025 This was a week of low expectations and not much going on, as we said farewell to another year. So this is a kind-of sort-of year in review post. This post is wholly researched and written by me. I do not use AI in...
Week 51/2025: A nightmare of cyclical proportions
Week of 15 December 2025 As we edge closer to the solstice, I feel unsettled, edgy, and things happen that throw me right out. And they aren’t, in the grand scheme of things, that bad. There’s a lot lot worse happening in the world. A lot. But I am...
Week 47/2025: A week of book launches
Week of 17 November 2025 This week I went to two very different book launches, one I had planned for a while and one at the last minute. This post is wholly researched and written by me. I do not use AI in my writing. I will always bring...
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 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 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 32: The time blocking experiment continues
Experiments in time blocking (part 2) Week of 4 August 2025 I’m playing catchup with my blog at the moment. Everything’s in a half-drafted state and I just need to get on with it and post the stories. The internet fault currently going on at my house due to...