Day 1: ginger bug, fruit kvass and water kefir I have started a new hobby, or at least I hope I have a new hobby: making fermented drinks. Ideally I wanted to learn to make bread kvass (Russian rye bread weak beer) but instead I learned how to make a ginger bug for ginger beer,… Continue reading Adventures in Fermenting
This week I have been listening to: The Eleventh An ABC podcast about the events leading up to the dismissal of Prime Minister, Gough Whitlam, by the Governor General, Jim Kerr, in 1975. I was only young when it happened so only have a fuzzy understanding of the circumstances that led up to this momentous… Continue reading My week (10/2020)
I originally wrote this as a Facebook post three years ago. It was a friend's comment on this post that led me to start this blog, so I thought I would share it. I also just went through this process again a few weeks ago, and all my thoughts are still topical. *** It’s that… Continue reading Buying face cream
How could I not want to see a play based on one of the best of Charles Schultz' Peanuts cartoons? "Hello Brightline, you're through to someone you can talk to." The end of the world may be approaching but every Tuesday night a dedicated band of volunteers come to the Brightline call centre. They hang… Continue reading Review: You stupid darkness
I had a friend who was leaving London and throwing a leaving party to get together with her London friends one last time. She said something that stuck has with me. (Something apart from useful tips on shipping the contents of your house to Australia and what you can and can't sell on Ebay or… Continue reading A Peter Pan kind of life
This week I have been obsessed about Boots. No, not the chemist. The footwear. I have seen so many women with very cool and funky boots. I need to up my boots game. I want new boots. But in fact, maybe I should just start wearing the boots I already have. Muppet coats. This seems… Continue reading The week that was (9/2020)
This week I have been angry about: People commuting with dogs. I hate the idea of pets being fashionable. Animals shouldn't be fashion accessories because it encourages unscrupulous breeders. But it seems people want to have a fashionable dog to match with their fashionable bag and fashionable lifestyle. Small dogs seem to be popular with… Continue reading This week (8/20)
Someone tells you some great news - a promotion or a new job - and you know you should be happy for them, and you are, but you also kind of have a lump in your stomach. You know they worked hard, and that's what they deserve, but somewhere in your mind, a little voice… Continue reading Jealousy, envy, resentment or #FOMO?
This past week felt very busy. I’m not sure I got a lot done but it certainly felt like there was a lot going on. Maybe the stuff that was going on was just going on inside my head. This week I was thinking about: Little things you can do to make your life better.… Continue reading Week 7/20
This week I went to see The Visit or The old lady comes to call at the National Theatre. It's a long play, with three acts running to three and a half hours but I was drawn in to the story and didn't really notice the passage of time. The play is set in Depression… Continue reading Review – The Visit (or The old lady comes to call)
Tales from Tobhamhor 