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Category Archives: Life is Good
International Black and Blue Man (Part 2)
Part 1 My flight crossed the Tasman Sea without incident. A few times I did glance out the window two seats away, but all I saw were clouds. Most of the time, I read and dozed off. * Three relaxing … Continue reading
Posted in Confidence, Gratitude, Happiness, Life Challenges, Life is Good, Travel
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Kindle: Year Two
Kindle Kindle, again Kindle: Year One It’s been almost two years since I made of the most important purchases of my life – my Amazon Kindle Keyboard 3. It’s still going well. Although I do most of my reading on … Continue reading
Posted in Bibliophilia, Gratitude, Happiness, Life is Good, Life Strategies, Reading
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Poor Man, Rich Man: Bankruptcy – Year Two
Year One 2012 wasn’t one of the worst years of my life, but it certainly wasn’t one of my best. There were good periods and successes, as described in some of my posts throughout that year – but often there … Continue reading
Poor Man, Rich Man: Two Seats (Part 2)
Part 1 The carriage looked very inviting. It was clean and roomy, the mostly blue decor was fresh and relaxing, and it was mostly empty. Thus far, the only people on board were a group of six at the end … Continue reading
Poor Man, Rich Man: Bankruptcy – Year One
As regular readers will know, Valentine’s Day is a special day for me because on 14 February 2011 I was officially declared bankrupt. Two years ago! As the recent Valentine’s Day drew near I looked back at the past two … Continue reading
Zen and the art of model-railroading revisited
Zen and the art of model-railroading Last week, for the first time since my last visit in 2010, I went to the annual Sydney Model Railway Exhibition. As before, it was still good fun. Some layouts that I remembered from … Continue reading
Posted in Happiness, Inspiration, Life is Good, Life Strategies
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The four garbage bags of wisdom
Originally, there were going to be two separate posts about what eventually became ‘Building all through the night’. One post was going to be about the main theme of ‘Building’ – rediscovering the joys of LEGO-building and how that’s become … Continue reading
Posted in Action, Anger, Gratitude, Happiness, Hope, Inspiration, Life Challenges, Life is Good, Life Strategies, Pain
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Building all through the night
Related posts: All through the night Reading all through the night Late night, Wednesday, 13 June 2012. Finally, it was time. I’d been thinking of doing this for months – but thanks to the usual inertias, laziness and many something-elses … Continue reading
Posted in Action, Gratitude, Happiness, Inspiration, Life Challenges, Life is Good
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Antidepressants and me (Part 5)
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 A funny thing happened as my daily routine changed dramatically during the past month. Sometimes, because of the strange hours I was keeping, I forgot to take my medication. Every second day … Continue reading
Posted in Action, Depression, Hope, Life Challenges, Life is Good, Life Strategies, My Story
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Reading all through the night
Related post: All through the night Apart from sleeping and working better, my new routine of staying up all night has led to something else to look forward to after midnight. Several weeks ago, this article at Slate introduced me … Continue reading
Posted in Gratitude, Happiness, Inspiration, Life is Good, Reading, Resources
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