Since 2002, I’ve been writing here about life, the universe, and everything. My interests include genealogy, history, and the arts. More recently, since July 2023 I’ve been writing about my experiences as a below-the-right-knee amputee.
“This is our first taste of bushfire weather in ages”, I noted to my friend Pat as we walked to have breakfast at a nearby cafe this morning. For the last few years we’ve had mostly fairly mild summers in Sydney, but there was a hint of the “bad old days” in the outside temperature today. And as much as I try to be eco-friendly in all that I do, I actually turned the air…
The day was dominated once again by work. We had the finals of the National Poetry Slam at the Sydney Opera House. That meant a lot of hard work over several hours. But aside from hard work, I also caught up with Kate who has just returned from China. Kate came along, we had a great catchup, we had some drinks, and she took some great photographs of the night. Speaking of China, Damo goes…
It was such a beautiful day. As I walked to work, I noticed we had that wonderful “dappled” cloud in the sky. Just fantastic. Aside from work, I met with my mates at the pub, as per the usual Wednesday night. And in further Sydney public transport news, it’s been reported today we’ll soon have six free buses which will loop the city. Fantastic news, I thought, having had experience with the CAT buses in…
It was a long and busy day at work and I came home tonight absolutely exhausted. After a quick bite to eat, I’ve reclined to the couch. I’m buggared! The one bright spot was chatting with Kate on the phone. She’s returned from China and tomorrow, she’s off to the launch of the National Portrait Gallery. There’s a portrait by John Brack of her mum in the gallery, and Joan will be part of tomorrow’s…
You know how you’re not supposed to go out on a “school night”. Well tonight, the temptation of one of Sydney’s small bars was too much. And besides, Damo and I had a good reason to meet. We had plans to meet to exchange the wonderful eeepc which had been such a wonderful gift during my recent sojourn in Europe. I used it to blog my travels on a daily basis, and even if I…