The long pilgrimage home

Tag: Australia

  • A full week

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    Entry Penned Beginning Sunday April 13th 2025 C.E 09:029 GMT+10 It has been a very busy week, end even though sometimes it feels like spinning in circles it really is making some progress; it is more spirals than circles. Monday saw me taking the train to Bendigo to pickup our car from the mechanic, an…

  • Early morning Parkrun

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    Entry Penned Beginning Wednesday April 5th 2025 C.E 13:02 GMT+11 No, no; not for me. That title might be misleading if you didn’t know me but I don’t run for enjoyment, just never got the hang of it. If I am running it is going to be too or from something; and if it is…

  • One foot in front of the other

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    Entry Penned Beginning Wednesday April 2nd 2025 C.E 13:13 GMT+11 It feels like the last week and a half have really been a blur, settling in at the farm, which we have affectionately nicknamed The Castle. Cleaning the house and the flat, making everything habitable for us, learning the quirks and planning next steps. Dad…

  • Oh Noes! Poly problems

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    Totally amusing moment when my husband and my wife had their first real conflict; Rose moved things around to put the butter away; a minute later Ash is rearranging the fridge and moves the butter. “Did you just move the butter I just put there?” ‘oh, yes, sorry, there is no room for my sauce…

  • A change is as good as a holiday, how about a change while on holiday?

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    Entry Penned Beginning Monday March 24th 2025 C.E 13:46 GMT+11 So there has be a lot going on. For the last few months we have been spread between our rental place in Thailand and staying with Robert’s grandmother in regional Victoria. It has been lovely but also a touch crowded and being as remote as…

  • Nothing quite like the smell of an Aussie storm

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    I want to settle in and write some of the longer form entries but it just hasn’t been the right vibe. Some of that is because I am still Working, and tacere is not a suggestion, some of that is just the format of life right now. Still in the midst of it all I…

  • Been 20 years since I did that!

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    Entry Penned Beginning Monday February 24th 2025 C.E 20:34 GMT+11 Doing a lot of settling in, trying to get some things organised and arranged but as ever things move at the speed of the slowest bureaucrat involved. Still a personal achievement that I wanted to manage on this holiday was to improve my physical health,…

  • A brunch

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    Before heading back we stopped to nourish body and spirit for a lovely little brunch at The Spotted Owl.

  • Joy in the little moments

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    From breakfast to being able to take the time to fuss over my husband, create and keep a space for them to decompress and feel safe in while I indulge my desire to express my love with acts of service. Now sitting outside, under the corrugated tin roof, while the storm rolls through. My Discworld…

  • Some days are good, others not so much -CW Animal death

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    Entry Penned Beginning Tuesday January 21st 2025 C.E 14:27 GMT+11 The last few days have been a combination of truly pleasant and heartbreaking. This last weekend I got to spend some time in Melbourne, the city I used to work in and spend much of my time. Being able to show so many of the…