Senses working overtime #592

1 Spring is on the way at Maple Grove

Photo by Jan Huber on Unsplash

2 Watched: Alone Australia Season 4

This is the one where nine Aussies and one Kiwi aim to be the last person standing in the frozen wastes of northern Finland. A good season but I wanted Clint (the Kiwi farmer) to 'win'. He lasted until the final three contestants.

3 Listening: Monkee Business: The Revolutionary Made-For-TV Band (an audio book)

GK recommended this audio book to me, and I've been a keen listener this week on my daily pootling to school along State Highway 50.

4 Reading: Three Reasons For Revenge - Dervla McTiernan

The amazing Jodi, in the Iona College library, has started a book club which of course I joined! The concept is that members choose a mystery book in a brown bag. In mine was Three Reasons for Revenge. It's yet to catch fire but I'm hopeful. Hold the phone!! It just got interesting with a deep fake blackmail of a sexual nature plot change!

5 Listening: The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Jazz at Oberlin

Perdido is a clear standout on this live album from 1953.

Overtime: Judy Garland

Always be a first-rate version of yourself instead of a second-rate version of someone else.

Senses working overtime #532

1 Back to school (a sea of possibilities)

2 Reading: Bel Ami - Guy de Maupassant

3 Watched and watching: Alone Australia season 1, and season 3.

4 Listening: Queen on Fire -Live at the Bowl

5 Feeling icky: stopped watching Dance Moms

More on this on Wozza's Place next week. Watch for it.

Overtime: 

Be forgiving with your past self. What's done is done. Take the lessons with you and release the guilt.

Be strict with your present self. Win the moment in front of you right now.

James Clear 

Senses working overtime #531

1 Second week of the study break:

Photo by Glenn Carstens-Peters on Unsplash

The first week of the study break kicked off with me marking students' work, this second week ended with planning my five classes for the next 6 weeks. That's a good feeling!

2 Watched: Alone UK and Alone Australia

We finished watching season 2 of Alone Australia (started while at Mabelle and Gav's gaff) and then moved onto season 1 of Alone UK. Slight change for that one with 11 ordinary Brits surviving/ lasting from 4 hours to 30ish days. Brilliant!

3 Reading: God Only Knows (The story of Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys and the California myth) - David Leaf

I've read this in an earlier edition when I borrowed a library copy years ago, but I had to buy this 2024 version while visiting Santa Rosa (Copperfields Books). Good to reread given the recent passing of Brian.

4 Listening: Procol Harum Live in Concert

5 Reading: The Visitor - Lee Child

I'm pretty sure I've also read this one years ago but that's the great thing with his books - because of the frothiness and easiness of the style, you can reread and enjoy them all over again. This is a great study break book.

Overtime:  

"Focus on the seeds, not the trees. What seeds are you planting today?"

James Clear