Autumn has finally arrived. April was our hottest April on record at 4.9C above the April average, beating April 2017’s record as the hottest April on record. To date, May has been relatively mild, except for one day where it was the coldest May day since the mid ’70s. Read more
WordPress Daily Prompt — Guilty
This post is for Martha, who is currently recovering from hip surgery. Her recovery is progressing satisfactorily but slowly. Martha misses her dogs who are being boarded at the moment. The trouble is when you are recovering from illness, you have a lot of time to think. This can be good but it can also be a bit tedious, when activity is required to clear the head and ease the mind. Read more
WordPress Daily Prompt — Narcissism
There are some of us who avoid the news, and some who, for many reasons, have restricted access to news. I live in a country where the news is very parochial and sometimes it seems that we are caught up in a kind of collective narcissism. Read more
The delightful Pauline from Living in Paradise has invited me to take part in a 3-day Quote Challenge. I’ve made it to Day 3. Yay! You can see my Day 1 quote post here and my Day 2 quote post here. Instead of a final quote, I am going to finish off with a proverb. You know what it is already, because I have used it as the title of this post:
This is my response to the 3-Day Quote Challenge (Day 2) and also to the WordPress Daily Prompt — Bubble.
The delightful Pauline from Living in Paradise has invited me to take part in a 3-day Quote Challenge. I am up to Day 2 (phew). You can see my Day 1 quote post here. Once again, thanks to Pauline for including me in this challenge. I’m starting to get the hang of it (ie. having way too much fun). So join me in a gastronomic celebration and share the love around. Without further ado, here is the second quote:
The lovely Pauline from Living in Paradise has invited me to take part in a 3-day Quote Challenge. She has invited me to do this because of my self-confessed untidy mind and interesting viewpoints. I think this is code for being a renegade. As I mentioned to Pauline when she invited me to take part, I can barely remember the days of the week let alone any meaningful quotes. I don’t normally do challenges, but this is only three days, and well, how hard can it be to come up with one quote per day? So, I am going to have fun trying – that is, remembering the days of the weeks, as well coming up with some quotes. Thank you, Pauline, for including me. Read more
WordPress Daily Prompt — Cur
In response to the WordPress Daily Prompt “Cur”, I thought I would share with you a significant moment in Australian political history. It was the day the official representative of the Queen (of England and also of Australia), the Governor-General, Sir John Kerr, fired the duly elected Australian government. Read more
WordPress Daily Prompt — Authentic
The Daily Prompt is “authentic“. I should leave this one alone, but I’m afraid I can’t help myself. I’ve got a blog so I might as well use it. Authentic seems to be more than just the le mot du jour; it’s everywhere and has been for a few years now. It has crept into every-day conversation. We all want to be authentic. Read more
WordPress Daily Prompt — Song
The WordPress Daily Prompt has taken me back down memory lane to the time I sang in an Aussie secular gospel choir. Our repertoire was mostly African-American spirituals. That probably sounds too weird for words, but somehow it worked. So why does an Aussie white sheila with no religious affiliation join a gospel choir? I’ll answer that with another question. Well, why not? Read more
Reflections of An Untidy Mind 