I’m proud to be able to call Australia home. Today is the day to celebrate all the things we love about Australia: land, sense of fair go, lifestyle, democracy, the freedoms we enjoy but particularly our people. Australia Day is about acknowledging and celebrating the contribution that every Australian makes to our contemporary and dynamic…
Life
To-do list fail
Every day I write out a list of things I need to do. It has things that are scheduled as well as the tasks I need to do. Today was a complete to-do list fail. My lists are usually longer than practical, but while I don’t get everything done I always cross some things off…
An Incident
In 2021 I’m answering a list of weekly journal questions. Read about it here. Write about an incident in your life.A number of years ago, on an overcast, chilly winter’s afternoon I was cooking dinner. I have no idea what I was cooking anymore, but it was a little smoky. Of course, I hadn’t thought…
2021’s not-resolutions
Last year I decided not to make any resolutions. Considering how the year turned out, 2020 hindsight (do you like how I did that 😉 ) says I made the right decision. It wasn’t a year that was easy to be resolute in. I did make some goals last year, though, and I didn’t do…
Quote to live by (2021)
In 2020 one of the first Journal Questions I answered was “A Quote to Live By“. Rather than a quote, I said there was a song that really encompassed my philosophy for the year. I listened to that song often during the year, and it worked so well for me, I thought I would find…