winter – Stilgherrian

05 August 202407 August 2024

Weekly Wrap 740: The end of the week ended the fish, and it was fantastic

Photo of the remnants of a whole fish, well, really just the spine and such, laid across a white serving plate littered with a debris of lime slices, greens, and an orange sauce.

My week of Monday 29 July to Sunday 4 August 2024 began in the cold with the need to sleep continuing, and ended with an excellent fish — which is part of why this is only being posted on Monday. That and the wine. There was also a fun podcast about cybercrime.

28 July 202430 July 2024

Weekly Wrap 739: Let’s start squeezing out the podcasts!

On a semi-maintained dirt track is a series of rain puddles, brown with silt. Reflected in them is the canopy of eucalypt forest. The colours are all muted.

I finally posted one of the three podcasts I’d recorded recently. My week of Monday 22 to Sunday 28 July 2024 saw a return to at least a moderate amount of productivity. It was also rather cold, with more cold weather to come.

21 July 202422 July 2024

Weekly Wrap 738: Three podcasts recorded, nil posted, and what cold weather we’ve been having

My week of Monday 15 to Sunday 21 July 2024 was both busy and not busy. I recorded three of the five special-guest episodes for The 9pm Edict winter series, but during the cold and windy winter weather I was fighting some sort of infection and needed so much sleep.

07 July 202410 July 2024

Weekly Wrap 736: Winning at crowdfunding, not winning at productivity

Against a grey cloudy sky are highlighted two massive construction cranes, their bright colours highlighted by the setting sun.

My week of Monday 1 to Sunday 7 July 2024 saw me pump out a solo podcast episode, but little else of note. I’ve said in the past that I seem to have a cycle of productive and non-productive weeks, and here we are. I did a lot of sleeping. I’ll tell you about that some day.

02 July 202405 July 2024

Weekly Wrap 735: The end of another financial year, with added recreation

Photograph of a colonial-era sandstone wall, being the foundations of the Paragon Hotel at Circular Quay. On the lower right of the image is the rusty remnant of a pipe and spout entering the room. The beauty is in the textures.

My week of Monday 24 to Sunday 30 June 2024 was a strange end to the financial year. I did get a little bit of client work done, but I was also very tired. Then I had a recreational weekend which extended into Monday — an unplanned long weekend! And on top of that I received a surprise gift.

23 June 202428 June 2024

Weekly Wrap 734: Winter cocktails provide a refreshing but potentially dangerous break

On an old wooden table sits an old-style lowball glass containing a pale yellow liquid, ice cubes, and slice of lemon. In the background, out of focus, the lush dark red furnishings of a high-Victorian drawing room.

My week of Monday 17 to Sunday 23 June 2024 was a curious one. An evening of delightful cocktails midweek may or may not have had something to do with a lingering sore throat. A client project received a bullet in the head, much to my relief. And I started mapping out my podcast’s winter series, for which a crowdfunder is running.