Sunday Blog 211 – 30 November 2025
Since last week, when I outed myself for signing Tomorrow Me up for all the things Today Me wouldn’t want to do, progress has been, well, complicated.
For one thing, one of my major volunteer events took place yesterday. Cooby Fest. It’s a local community event where we put on free entertainment, invite market and food stalls along and hope that everything goes OK. Let’s just say there were a lot of jobs on this week, and a huge day yesterday.
What I noticed was the little things – the chance to bathe myself in eucalyptus smoke during the Welcome to Country, moments where the music took me over, or the conversation with a neighbour landed with the satisfaction of slotting in the last jigsaw piece.
What I tried to learn about neighbourhood building this year was that it’s the getting together that counts. What I spent most of my time working on was the technical issues of funding and meetings and project plans, my ladder up the wrong wall.
So next year, I’m looking forward to more small moments with community. But now, it’s time for a lil’ rest.