And that is life

Posted by Wendy Davis on June 16, 2014 and filed under blogjuneliferesearchshoppingstudy

Three great things happened today. 1. I went to the supermarket. I never have a huge amount of stuff but I’ve always avoided the self serve checkout machines. I tried them a few times when they first appeared but I found them stressful. They beeped when I didn’t remove my bagged items in a timely […]

a slight chill in the air

Posted by Wendy Davis on June 15, 2014 and filed under blogjunedays of the weeklifeliving in the regions

Exciting times in the ‘berg today as there is a slight chill in the air. That’s right people. Winter is here. I just checked the weather forecast and this is what it looks like. Yes that’s correct. Your eyes do not deceive you. We have made it past midday without reaching 20 degrees. But look […]

The time has come….

Posted by Wendy Davis on June 14, 2014 and filed under bloggingblogjunepoemstrivia

There are many things I could write about today: what I watched on TV during the week my new sneakers how it’s time to start cooler weather exercise how even though I thought I’d go to the pool through the winter months I don’t really like the inside pool because of the chlorine-y humidity the […]

the eternal apprentice

Posted by Wendy Davis on June 13, 2014 and filed under blogjunelifeUncategorized

I’ve been thinking (as I frequently do) about teaching and learning, and skills and expertise and all that jazz. And I’ve decided that I am an eternal apprentice and I think that’s a good thing. About a decade ago, a good musical friend here in town and I were bemoaning the fact that it was […]

state your career goal!

Posted by Wendy Davis on June 11, 2014 and filed under blogjunelifeUncategorized

I’m sorry… my what? I know that there are some really organised, together people in the world who know exactly what they want to do with their lives and set about getting there in focused and efficient manner. I’ve never really been one of those people. I’ve never had a single career goal. What do […]

I think I am hip…Perhaps

Posted by Wendy Davis on June 10, 2014 and filed under blogjuneculturemusicUncategorized

I opened up Spotify for the first time in months this morning thinking I would start using it on a regular basis. It looked like it would take a long, long time to get rid of the rubbish recommendations and set up playlists so I closed it again. Perhaps later. So I returned to my […]

We haven’t even told our parents what time we’re coming home….

Posted by Wendy Davis on and filed under blogjuneculturefilmstelevision

As a proud Generation X-er I feel sad today. I saw Drop Dead Fred in Toowoomba in the early 1990s when I was at university. I can remember the excitement of going to the movie theatre far more clearly than I can remember the friends’ names who went with me. For this was a film […]

Walking on the beach and reminiscing

Posted by Wendy Davis on June 9, 2014 and filed under blogjunelifeliving in the regionsUncategorized

Yesterday I had a visit from my cousin and her partner. Until the start of 2013 she had been living and working in London so we hadn’t seen each other for some time. They were having long weekend out of Brisbane staying at Burrum Heads national park and they zipped up to Bundaberg for the […]

Get some wrinkles please Our Nic

Posted by Wendy Davis on June 8, 2014 and filed under blogjuneculturefilmslifeliving in the regionsmusic

Over the last year I’ve been trying to keep up to date (and do a massive catch up) on my film watching. One problem with living outside a capital city is that we tend not to get independent or more interesting films. Or, they play for a week at unfortunate times and then disappear. The […]

Farewell brown couch

Posted by Wendy Davis on June 7, 2014 and filed under blogjunelifeshoppingUncategorized

One the sad things about my new piano is that it means I am going to have to get rid of my giant, three seater comfy brown couch because the two giant items of furniture will simply not coexist in my tiny living area. I have had many an awesome nanna nap on that brown […]