In 2020 I’m answering a list of 52 journal questions. Read about it here. Name three things you do well.Remember, these are things *I* think I do well. Others may not agree 😉 Make listsI like to be organised so I make lists. Lots of lists. The list making I do very well. Doing the…
Life
A sense of achievement
I love that feeling you get when you finish something. If you could bottle it I would get it by the boxful. I have that feeling now. This semester I have been lecturing at the Canberra Institute of Technology and everything has been online. I like to be well ahead of my teaching weeks, so…
Death Road
Have you heard of death roads? I hadn’t until my dad sent me some photos of this one in Colombia. One look and you’ll understand where the name came from. This one is Trampolin de la Muerte – a route between Mocoa and Pasto. It’s about 65km (35 miles) along rocky road that will lead…
Tick Tock I HATE the clock
Yesterday 5 of the states and territories of Australia moved their clocks forward an hour to start summer daylight savings…for the next 6 months! I HATE daylight savings and I live in one of those places that has it. I’m a morning person and I am a warm weather person, so the thing I love…
Library goes above and beyond
Regional libraries in the Yarra, in Victoria, have been ringing every member over the age of 70 – all 8,000 of them! According to the staff, the library is a hub for the community and with the closure due to lockdown, it separated many people, especially the elderly. They rang to say hi, ask if…