An Irish Interval in My Midlife Gap Year – Part 2: 8 – 12 October 2015
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…