Do what you love and you'll never work a day in your life! I'm a Violinist and doing what I love is often interestingly contrasted with the reality of getting to do what I love...
2 Feb 2023 3 minute read 0 comments bengy $0.16
I've now come to idea that slow and steady progress is really going to be the way that we will wrangle this large garden into shape! It is quite a large plot of suburban land, and there is lots and lots to rectify and fix up... and it is temptin...
31 Jan 2023 2 minute read 0 comments bengy $0.12
Now that I'm forming up a new ensemble, I have to think a little bit more about things that I've not really had to think about too much beforehand... all the back-end stuff is a real pain in the arse, but necessary. Which reminds me, I have to s...
30 Jan 2023 2 minute read 2 comments bengy $0.05
I guess that this is a problem that most people with a passing interest in technology and gadgets will have... the boxes of stashed cables, wall warts, and old hardware... all waiting for the right moment to be pulled out to use, with a "TOLD YO...
29 Jan 2023 3 minute read 2 comments bengy $0.11
Unsplash You can find previous Brain Dumps here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13, Part 14, Part 15, Part 16, Part 17, Part 18, Part 19, Part 20, Part 21. Part 22, P...
25 Jan 2023 2 minute read 0 comments bengy $0.17
So, I've been spending a week or so on a farm... one part of a family has moved out onto a large property in regional Victoria, and they are now finding themselves (well, half of them...) running a farm. Of course, it is a smallish farm as far a...
16 Jan 2023 2 minute read 2 comments bengy $0.23
Ah, Australia is currently "suffering" from a glut of mangoes... apparently, it was a crazily good growing season in the north and there are just too many mangoes being shipped down south. This is perfect for us in our first full summer in Austr...
15 Jan 2023 3 minute read 2 comments bengy $0.11
Unsplash Unsplash Recently, I had my first experience with an interesting sort of music performance.... in my sort of cloistered life, I hadn't known about these Candlelight Concerts by Fever. Probably most people haven't either... well...
14 Jan 2023 4 minute read 0 comments bengy $0.09
Unsplash You can find previous Brain Dumps here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13, Part 14, Part 15, Part 16, Part 17, Part 18, Part 19, Part 20, Part 21. Part 22, P...
13 Jan 2023 2 minute read 0 comments bengy $0.22
"How many books have you ordered?" asks my wife as she she looks at the blurb on another pickup from our post office box.... followed closely by, "This looks interesting..." as she places it on her pile of books on her side of the bed! ARRRGH......
12 Jan 2023 3 minute read 0 comments bengy $0.20
Ahhhh... a productive little week of getting stuff done. As I've mentioned before, we have a pretty large suburban block with lots that needs to be done... courtesy of a previous owner who didn't really do that much for maintenance and let thing...
