The federal election is on today – 3rd May 2025. But I’ve had lots to say about what’s important to us and who we’ll be voting for. I fear the result will not be what we want but time will tell. All I can say is that at our age we’re starting to be able…
Progress is happening in our downsized house. We’re fixing all the things we didn’t notice when we bought the place. One of them is the lack of storage space. Or should I say the storage space was not well thought out. That was particularly true of the laundry. Like all of the rooms, it was…
The international news has been full of two things of late – the final fall of Bashar Al Assad’s despicable regime in Syria and the shooting killing of the CEO of one of America’s largest (for profit) health insurance companies, United Healthcare (UHC). First, the murder of UHC CEO Brian Thompson. He was shot in…
Life goes on in the new house as we make changes to suit us. Peter has built some storage in our outdoor room, using flat packs from Bunnings, and we’ve done a bit more work in the garden. I suspect gardening will be intermittent for some time. The weather is not particularly hot, but it’s…
I’m pleased to announce that the new house now has solar hot water and solar panels. We enjoyed solar at our previous house and these days it’s even more important to be able to reduce power costs. Despite living in a country with an abundance of quality coal, natural gas, and uranium, household power prices…
It’s been about two months since we moved into our new home and started to appreciate the… what can I say?… inadequacies of the house. Down-sizing became real in ways we hadn’t anticipated. Still, we’ve done quite a bit in those eight weeks. I mentioned some before – new bathroom cupboards, new lounge because the…