At the age of about 13 or 14 I started doing volunteer work. I volunteered regularly until about 18 years ago when my volunteering kicked into overdrive. Those last 18 years have seen me holding executive positions (often multiple at one time) and committing as many hours to volunteering as I was working (I sacrificed…
Life
Cutting back
I’ve decided to cut back my posts to my original three times a week. Life is busy and it’s been a bit tricky getting time to do everything, so I need to find a few minutes extra time (actually, I’d love an extra day a week!). That’s not to say I won’t ramp it back…
Gone today, here tomorrow
A surfboard lost in Tasmania in 2017 has been found in northern Queensland (it was actually found in 2018, but it has only now its made its way back to its original owner). The owner lost it when taking on a 16 metre (52 foot) wave off the south of Tasmania. Apparently he joked it…
Just keep swimming…
That’s been my refrain for today. I’m absolutely exhausted and it’s been an effort to push through with everything I’ve had to do. So rather than write this blog post I’m heading to bed. Do you ever have days where everything is an effort and you just want to curl up and sleep?
Funny things kids today will never know
Recently a friend was asking on Twitter for things that are different now compared to the 1980’s: At the same time, my youngest Barbarian and I had a conversation and his analogy for a yucky noise wasn’t the familiar one. I commented and he asked, “What does nails down a blackboard sound like?” (asked without…