fatigue – Stilgherrian

26 April 202628 April 2026

Weekly Wrap 830: Local excitement despite the fatigue

A typical row of Sydney suburban shops from around a century ago. Downstairs is a hair salon, Hera Hair, totally burned out. The area is cordoned off by police tape. On the right is a glass door leading to the business upstairs, Equiton Solicitors. On the left is a Chinese BBQ joint.

The week of Monday 20 to Sunday 26 April 2026 brought drama to Campsie when a car crashed into a local business and caught fire, but I was also quite tired for a lot of it.

19 April 202625 April 2026

Weekly Wrap 829: Sleepy, but with spectacular sunsets

Looking down a narrow street between a towering railway embankment on the left and a pub on the right. It’s just after sunset, and the sky is a deep orange thanks to hazard reduction burns out west. The pub bears an illuminated sign, “Avondale”, and there’s naked bulbs under the small verandah.

This week of Monday 13 to Sunday 19 April 2026 brought some deep orange sunsets thanks to some large-scale hazard reduction burns to the west of Sydney. I tried to get back into a proper work routine, but in the first half of the week I seemed to be fighting a lurgi and was very, very tired.

09 March 202611 March 2026

Weekly Wrap 823: Rebuilding Railway Parade, and the future

A view down a rural road into a valley and then up the other side. The road has been stripped back to its foundations and surfaced with freshly-packed earth and such, ready for the next layer and, eventually, asphalt. On the right, two black on yellow signs read â€œNEW WORK NO LINES MARKEDâ€ and â€œDRIVE SLOWâ€. Trees and bushes line both sides of the road, with those on the left caught by the morning light.

My week of Monday 2 to Sunday 8 March 2026 wasn’t as busy as it was meant to be, thanks to more fatigue than usual. Still, I recorded a podcast, did some billable work, and locked in some more of the house-moving logistics.

11 January 202612 January 2026

Weekly Wrap 815: Easing into 2016 with heat and long naps

Black and white photo. The upper third is the lower part of the side a caravan, with a tyre visible on the right. The foreground is all overgrown grass of various kinds, with flowers and seeds visible. And on the grass, a grey and white cat stands looking at us.

I’ve been back in the Blue Mountains all this week, Monday 5 to Sunday 11 January 2026, but a combination of fatigue and then overly-warm weather means there’s little new to report. I did bring The Weekly Cybers newsletter back earlier than planned, however.

12 January 202514 January 2025

Weekly Wrap 763: Getting to the heart of the matter

In the middle distance, across a floodlit concrete area, is a brightly lit suburban railway station. On the left, people are waiting for rail replacement buses. A temporary yellow sign with black lettering lists the destinations. In the centre, a man in hi-viz and a white safety helmet stands watching it all, his hands clasped behind his back. In the distance, cross the tracks and behind the station, stand several modern apartment buildings. The tallest rises around 20 storeys, and to its left against the deep blue dusk sky is the Moon, three days from full.

My week of Monday 6 to Sunday 12 January 2025 was less productive than I’d hoped, but at least I got some planning done. That and I saw a very nice cardiologist.

02 April 202304 April 2023

Weekly Wrap 670: More fox, more fatigue, but not so much nostalgia for the lockdowns

My week of Monday 27 March to Sunday 2 April 2023 saw me sleeping a lot, which means there isn’t much to show you. But as usual there’s some interesting links.