spring – Stilgherrian

09 November 202614 November 2026

Weekly Wrap 858: Spring brings festivals and progress

A crowd of people chilling on the lawn. On the right is the canopied stage of Tumbalong Park in Sydney’s Darling Quarter. A screen on stage shows a graphic of the Australian and Nepalese national flags. Behind all this is a curved glass building several stories high. Behind that, city office and apartment towers. And behind them is the brooding sky as rain and thunderstorms approach.

My week of Monday 2 to Sunday 8 October 2026 was productive and fun, especially with the podcast and some client work, and the food at the Nepal Festival on Saturday. I also embarked on a significant new health adventure.

01 November 202609 November 2026

Weekly Wrap 857: A most satisfactory week in spring

Three sulphur-crested cockatoos (Cacatua galerita), large white birds with a yellow crest, stand along a power line in front of a Canary Island date palm (Phoenix canariensis), while a fourth cockatoo futters down to the left. The sky behind them is bright blue with fluffy clouds.

My week of Monday 26 October to Sunday 1 October 2026 was a good one. I got some client work done. I enjoyed walks. I organised some podcast recordings. I chased up some routine health and medical matters. And I had some very good food, both at the Kings Cross Hotel and the Korea Day Festival.

02 November 202509 November 2025

Weekly Wrap 805: Cruising through spring in the Sydney suburb of Campsie

A suburban street in Sydneyâ€™s inner south-west. A two-storey red-brick building is labelled â€œ1912â€ and â€Fire Stationâ€ in early 20th century typography in maroon on cream. Two big garage doors hide a modern fire engine and an empty garage respectively. A sign on the lower left reads: â€œSmoke alarms save lives. Spring is here. Emergency 000.â€ On the right, a young man wearing lack strides into the frame. Overhead, rainclouds loom.

I am happy with my week of Monday 27 October to Sunday 2 November 2025. While I didn’t push out the podcasts I’d intended, Certain Things were sorted out. And here’s a photo of a fire station from last century.

28 September 202503 October 2025

Weekly Wrap 800: Podcasts finally emerge and that goddam kookaburra is back

A laughing kookaburra â€” yeah one of those chonky kingfishers â€” sits on top of a branch and glares at you.

In my week of Monday 22 to Sunday 28 September 2025 I moved beyond the stresses of earlier in the month and posted two podcasts, planned a bunch of stuff and wrapped up my 28th crowdfunding campaign. Welcome to spring. And yeah I took another photo of a kookaburra. That kookaburra.

15 September 2025

Weekly Wrap 798: A third week disrupted by illness, but a different one, plus squabbling birds

A bright sunny day. On a tree stump on the left, a brown cuckoo-dove with lighter brown undersides and pink feet raises its wings to look big and fierce. On the right, on a slightly lower tree stump, is an Australian magpie, head hunched down, wings extended. It's a stand-off! And on the far right, a red plastic water bowl.

My week of Monday 8 to Sunday 14 September 2025 started well but slipped into illness at the end â€” again! â€” although things then improved on the weekend. I had to bail from a conference on Thursday, and spend Friday very close to a bathroom at all time. We shall speak of this no more.

07 September 202508 September 2025

Weekly Wrap 797: Spring takes me from lurgi to layoffs, with a mere glimpse of opium

I’ve finally rid myself of the dreaded lurgi, so my week of Monday 1 to Sunday 7 September 2025 actually saw some productivity. A podcast. A new crowdfunder. Planning. And, alas, some disappointing news. Still, the weather was nice.