Week 22/2025: Accentuate the positive
Week of 26 May 2025 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. Monday was my last day of cat sitting when Lil Sis and Mr Tall came...
Week 20/2025: Just quickly
Week of 12 May 2025 A busy week Just quickly, a short post because I’m overwhelmed with other things to do right now. I keep asking myself how I ever managed to write a post a day in 2011 when I started this blog when I was working and...
Week 19/2025: Exploding back pain
Week of 5 May 2025 I’ve been feeling a bit miserable this week. Ouch! Exploding back pain I hurt my back exercising last Saturday (flash back to this week . . . or this one . . . or . . . ) and had various health professionals tell...
Week 18/2025: Rainbows, walnuts and a cat
Week of 28 April I had a lot going on this week. Tiring but good. Rainbows, walnuts and a cat The Boy Beyond the Rainbow Friday night’s adventure was to the Studio Theatre to see Rod Anderson’s one-man show The Boy Beyond the Rainbow. Rod is, apparently, a bit...
Week 17/2025: A week off
Week of 21 April 2025 This year Anzac Day fell in the same week as Easter. A lovely week off I was one of those fortunate people who was in a position to take annual leave on Wednesday and Thursday to give me a ten-day break between Easter Friday...
Week 16/2025: The week that was
Week of 14 April 2025 The week that was I feel like the things I should be writing about are too big and too overwhelming and changing so fast that I can’t keep up even thinking about them, let alone writing about them. The US descent into fascism. The...
Week 15/2025: I love autumn
Week of 7 April 2025 This week’s highlight was Kramstable coming home for a few days to receive an award from his college. It was so good to see him. And, of course, I was very proud and excited that his school recognised him for his amazing achievements (including...
Week 13/2025: Three (more) days on the island
Week of 24 March 2025 Following last weekend’s Ten Days on the Island events, this week I attended more activities from this amazing festival. This weekend I went to live theatre, an on-Country experience and an art show. Three Days on the Island Friday: LIFE/CYCLE LIFE/CYCLE was the third...
Week 12/2025: Two days on the island
Week of 17 March 2025 This week saw the start of Ten Days on the Island, an arts festival that runs every two years in Lutruwita/Tasmania. It’s very cool. There are theatre and dance performances, art shows, live music, much of it free, running all over the state over...
Week 11/2025: Eclipsed
Week of 10 March 2025 This week continued a bit like last week but without all the art exhibitions. I watched the moon instead. Eclipsed: the partial lunar eclipse I took some time to go to the beach and experiment with long exposures, which was fun. I’m limited in...