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A Sentence (or Two) A Day: February 2021.
How did we get to the last month of summer so quickly? A takeaway coffee at noon on a Monday? Yes please. The miracle of earring back discs that help ‘lift’ where heavier earrings sit in your earlobes. Game changers. Mine are from Uberkate. via Uberkate Swimming carnival day for Master SSG. Full points for…
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The Greys. The Rainbows.
The skies of Sydney have been a bit grey in recent days. Grey is for taking shelter ahead of storms. A gentle but insistent reminder to drive carefully on those roads as you head for home after another busy day. Grey is for taking the load of your feet for a moment. A place to…
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It’s Time. Lasagna. Local Activewear Labels.
It’s time. I’m having hot cross buns for breakfast in early January and I derived great pleasure on Friday morning in fixing the latch on the front gate with my own hands using odds and ends hardware I had stashed away for odd jobs such as this. It’s been just on three weeks of…
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Crystals, Day-Glo and Ecosa Pillows.
Staycations are here to stay by the looks of things, Sydney. With border closures and international travel requirements in a constant state of flux – staying in place just seems like both the right and least stressful thing to do right now. My fellow Sydney-siders have done the city proud and together we’ve accepted our…
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2021 So Far: All That Glitters.
It’s a wonderful feeling not quite knowing which day of the week it is. Not even the miserable weather (past, present and sadly forecast for the foreseeable future) is dampening my enthusiasm at being time fluid for at least another week. The things that are making me smile the widest right now happen to be…
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The Year That Was. The Years That Will Be Because of It.
Where do I even begin with this year that shall not be named? 2020 had the unusual distinction of being one of those years for all of us. Bushfires and the devastation they left in their wake. A little virus that brought the world to its knees. Bad things happening to good people. Bad things happening repeatedly…
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A Sentence (or Two) A Day: December 2020.
We made it!!!! Not even the pandemic can put a dampener on my love of December and all the joy its celebrations bring. Along with the joy, there’s been a fair bit of self-reflection this month. It’s been quite a year and I’ve come through it changed in many ways. For the first day of…
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The Christmas Weekend.
The tree has just come down at SSG Manor 2.0. It’s been pulled apart or perhaps disassembled is a better description of the care I took. The branches for each tier have been tied together with pipe cleaners from an arts and craft kit. Everything’s been compressed and defluffed to make sure it all fits…
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Christmas Eve in Unusual Times.
It’s been a marathon to get here and at times it felt like even the spirit of Christmas wasn’t a match for the obstacle course of a year that had to be conquered to reach December 25 but we’ve miraculously found ourselves here on Christmas Eve willing and able to celebrate tomorrow. Albeit under some…
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Three Days Into My Three Week Staycation.
I’m three days into my three week staycation and life is good. I can feel my batteries recharging with each wander up the road to the shops for coffee and lunch. The stubborn knots in my mind and body unkinking as another day passes without my having to deal with the traffic and the myriad…