An Irish Interval in My Midlife Gap Year – Part 2: 8 – 12 October 2015
Elizabeth Thursday 8 October I’m enjoying another quiet day in the Irish countryside. I’m writing emails to friends I might visit in the States, while chatting and hanging out with my…
Week 12: Music from The Thomas Crown Affair (1999) as suggested by Room Rater
Three months ago, I realised I’d let the joy of discovering new music slip form my life. To fix this I started asking sort of randomly selected friends and connections…
Empty Lawns and Lightly Trafficked Footpaths
A Sunday Adventure in Suburban Peakhurst I rolled a die to select the category of this week’s Sunday Adventure and landed on Visit a Random Suburb. Then, based on having…
A Bicycle Ride in Parramatta – Following the Heritage Trail
Another Sunday, another adventure The sky is blue and the sun is warm. It is a perfect Sunday for a Sydney adventure. I’ve decided to go for a heritage bicycle…
Beach No 57: North Narrabeen – A winter solstice beach
A little belated, I visit North Narrabeen Beach to mark the winter solstice. When I arrive at North Narrabeen Beach it will be either fire or surf. One or the…
Plane Spotting with Abby: A Sunday Adventure in Sydney
I suspect every Sunday is an adventure for Abby – in Sydney or not. Actually, now that I think of it, every day is an adventure for Abby. She’ll be…
Weekend Adventure in Sydney: Walking Lyrebird Creek at Mount Kuring-gai
The past few years I have reviewed my journals ahead of the winter solstice. I do this because I like to see what went well, what didn’t go well, and…
Beach No 55: North Cronulla
North Cronulla is an almost anonymously typical Sydney surf beach. There’s really nothing special about it and yet it is lovely and a pleasure to visit. The order of my…
Beach No 63: Queens (10 March 2019)
They’re my rules and I’ll break them if I want to. And today was a day to break them. It’s my 50th birthday, it’s a Sunday, the weather is inviting,…
Free Solo – 4.5 out of 5 (Film 8 of 2019)
I’ve given this film 4.5 stars because I’m sure if I tried I could find a flaw. Seeing Free Solo is the most visceral, immersive movie-going experience I’ve had in…
Green Book – 3 out of 5 (Film 7 of 2019)
The problem with Green Book is it tells the story from the wrong point-of-view. Well, that and it feels like a big-budget, well-acted Hallmark movie. Everything is obvious. This is…