I have this sinking feeling that it’s going to be a Temu Christmas.
Rather than the gift that keeps on giving, it’s the free gifts that never stop.
Temu is an online variety store where you can buy multiples of everything when you don't even need one.
Read MoreBut perhaps that’s a very old way of thinking, ingrained thought patterns that harken back to a different era, yet they still drive our decision-making out of respect to our forebears. Many of us (not me) are the children of baby boomers. We are Generation X (1965-1980), and our parents, if you’re still lucky enough to have them both, are Baby Boomers I (1946-1954), Baby Boomers II (1955-1964).
Read MoreBut that’s cricket, and that’s backyard cricket. It is a sport where a cheap bat and a range of tennis balls pulled out of shape by electrical tape bring generations of players together. And after all these years and vast changes to the way we live, cricket still has the power to draw people from their homes and camping sites to join in and create the “sounds of summer”.
Read MoreThere was a concert featuring ageing rockers, which I felt compelled to attend.
The calling was tempered by the cost of tickets, flights, and accommodation yet the desire to attend despite these impediments, that might have stifled a rational brain, were set aside and a decision was made in favour of attendance.
Read MoreIt has always galled me that Alanis Morrissette's smash hit of the 1990’s, Ironic, contains no examples of irony at all.
“Rain on your wedding day” isn’t great, particularly for the photographer, but unless rain signifies impending divorce, ironic it is not..
Read MoreThe revelation was twenty-years in the making following the resurrection of a friendship.
The accusation of an overly-ambitious nature troubled me and forced ongoing consideration of alleged behaviour.
The trouble manifested in different ways: fidgeting, pensive, distracted, and procrastinating to a stop.
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