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Melbourne 2026 July

Cartier The NGV’s Cartier exhibit was stunning. I was first in the door at 10am and began in the first room but I was aware that I was going to want to spend a lot of time with the tiaras and take careful pix of them so I decided to make a bee line to […]

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Melbourne 2026 March

When we returned from North Africa, DH2 asked what I wanted us to do during the one month we’d be in Melbourne before returning to California. I had wanted to go to Werribee for our dateline last December or January but my toe was too fractured to do a trip like that but after physio

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Melbourne 2026 January

The month was punctuated with physio exercises and a graduation out of the moon-boot. With a new diagnosis of osteopenia, the list of required exercises grew to include more weight bearing and balance exercises. In my walking group, I would meet them at the beginning of the walk and then if I knew their ending

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Melbourne 2025 December

Because of my fractured toe, I was not able to engage with my city the way I normally would. I missed out on many of the xmas decorations and activities that I wanted to see and do and had to navigate the medical system for an actual problem. My wine group had its end of

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Melbourne 2025 October

I was on my own for 2 weeks in October as DH2 returned to California for work ahead of when I returned. With the release of a new Taylor Swift album dropping on October 3, I was glad he was not in my orbit so I could immerse myself in the new music without having

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