I’m back – back from the nonblogging wilderness, back to reality, back from the trip of a lifetime to Canada and the USA. This was going to be a travel themed blog post( and it still is in part) but now will be more of a summary of 2023. Highlight upon highlight- I know, it’s annoying. My best of in travel, culture, reading, and anything else I can think of.
Continue reading “The Year That Was”Tag: melbourne
Let’s do the time warp again- but why?
Call me cranky (or much worse) if you will but I don’t get the hype of Rocky Horror. That’s why I never saw the film or the play and didn’t learn the dance moves. Well, I’ve been now, given it a red hot go and I’m still ambivalent about it. Is there something wrong with me?
Continue reading “Let’s do the time warp again- but why?”The Aunt and the Flying Kangaroo
Yesterday my aunt’s 101st birthday coincided with the final flight of the last Qantas 747. I’m trying to work out if the two are connected. Continue reading “The Aunt and the Flying Kangaroo”
Of wombats and kittens
The other week I met a wombat. Continue reading “Of wombats and kittens”
Thoughts in a traffic jam.
I’m sitting in a traffic jam. Four lanes of cars snaking their way up Punt Road Hill. Continue reading “Thoughts in a traffic jam.”