Australia

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 […]

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

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

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

Australians use the meteorological calendar to mark their seasons so in theory, September was spring. I would like to counter that September bears no resemblance to spring. OK, there were fewer days I wore my heavy down coat, but I went out without some kind of down coat only twice. Cold, rainy, and windy are