Sunday Blog 258 – 8th November 2026 After finally escaping the two week bicycle tour of country NSW supporting darling husband and his merry band (see last week’s blog of lessons learned) five days in Sydney were essential. But somewhere along the way from Dunedoo to Dubbo to Darlinghurst I had accrued more crap (e.g. …
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Sunday Blog 257 – 1st November 2026
Sunday Blog 256 – 25th October 2026 It’s Sunday night in Dubbo, and we’re turning for home. Well, not exactly; but we’ve reached the halfway point of a two-week cycling trip. By we, I mean darling husband and an intrepid band of Perth cyclists from the Over 55’s cycling club. I’m not cycling; I’m one …
Sunday Blog 255 – 18th October 2026 It was another one of those “stop the pod” moments for me this week, listening to the episode of A Slight Change of Plans where Amir Lavine spoke about his latest book on attachment styles; Secure. In extreme summary, there are four attachment styles; anxious (craving closeness but …
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Sunday Blog 254 – 11th October 2026 “Could I get one can of Swanny D?” I’d already scanned the beer fridge without finding Dad’s old favourite. “Of course,” said the attentive young staff member, and disappeared into the cool room before returning with a single can of the beer that was the signature drink of …
Sunday Blog 253 – 4th October 2026 A quote from my latest read. I thought of my neighbour whose beloved husband was snatched away within months of a pancreatic cancer diagnosis. I read it out today as we gathered to farewell him at one of his favourite places to bush walk at one of the …
Sunday Blog 252 – 27th September 2026 I had thought collective effervescence was a term coined by Brene Brown, mais non. It was the French sociologist Émile Durkheim who created the expression to articulate the shared experience of religious worshop. Brene has enlarged its use to encompass the feeling we get in a crowd, say …
Sunday Blog 251 – 20 September 2026 After Saturday morning yoga, I sat having a coffee with my teacher and we got to talking about cancer, and the concept of the “cancer personality” Gabor Mate explores in his book When The Body Says No. In extreme summary, his research revealed that cancer can often afflict …
Sunday Blog 250 – 13th September 2026 This week, my four sisters went up to Kalgoorlie on a reminiscence tour. We lived there from 1965 to 1968. I had planned to go as well, but a last-minute change in work commitments meant I had to stay home, Cinderella-like, sweeping up the workplace hearth cinders while …
Sunday Blog 249 – 6th September 2026 Hidden in last week’s Sunday Blog where I dramatised my Kitty’s Gorge walk was another kernel of a blog that I started but didn’t finish. It was about my own long Road to Damascus style conversion to becoming someone who not only does exercise, but enjoys it. I’m …
