There were some nice highlights today to give me good memories of my weekend in the big smoke. Up early, I discovered "the city that never sleeps" has a quiet spell between 5am and 6am. I went for a run/walk, skirting the edges of The Domain and following the foreshore (it’s hard to run contiguously [...]
First good look at a chopper
I’m 38 years old, which is seven years more than the average life expectancy for wealthy English males in the late 13th century. And like those young dead men I have never been in a helicopter. Juliet and I had lunch at the Milawa Cheese Factory again today, and on arrival we saw the ABC [...]
The Last Templar
So you enjoyed The Da Vinci Code? You’re browsing a bookshop and see an impressive cover design for a new release called The Last Templar by Raymond Khoury. You’re teased into buying it by the back-cover summary, which alludes to historical fiction and modern mystery. Dan Brown has perked your interest in this subject, so [...]
Seasons down under
We had a mild spring-like day, with a maximum of just under 18 degrees. This is the warmest it’s been since early May and gave a clear contrast to snow last week and earlier this week. It’s meant to rain tomorrow and Saturday, but that’s not unusual for Spring, which is generally the wettest time [...]
Rediscover the Library
My enjoyment of Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey/Maturin series has caused me to rediscover the library. I simply couldn’t afford to keep buying them! Apart from computers and electronic bar codes, libraries haven’t changed much since I last visited regularly some 20 years ago. Funnily enough they’re still full of books. I picked up an interesting non-fiction [...]
