Over the weekend, Alex and I strolled around the neighborhoods just north of where we live in Melbourne. It was funny because…
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Not Mr. McGregor’s Garden
Alex and I have been in Melbourne for two months now! We can’t believe how quickly time has…
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CC’s Aussie Quarantine Diary: Day 6 – It’s the Little Things
Some days feel like the Jeopardy category “Potpourri,” a catch-all of variegated miscellany.
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CC’s Aussie Quarantine Diary: Day 5 – Rinse Cycle
I listened to a podcast recently that was talking about how in a strange way, some of us may not want to fully “exit” the pandemic and return back to “normal” ways.
And I really felt that.
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CC’s Aussie Quarantine Diary: Day 4 – Dine and Ditch
Alex’s new favorite quarantine activity is to dine and ditch. We dine and eat our brekkie, lunch and dinner together. After each meal comes the subsequent…
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CC’s Aussie Quarantine Diary: Day 3 – Mental Sustenance
When we are hungry, we eat, we grab a snack. I gladly reach for a trio of al pastor or some crispy bottom potstickers. Poof – hunger cured.
So why is it that when our mental capacities are…
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CC’s Aussie Quarantine Diary: Day 2 – Adrenaline Rush
It’s Day 2 of our 14-day mandatory quarantine in Australia up in the Northern Territory.
The second day of quarantine at the Howard Springs facility was an adrenaline rush.
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CC’s Aussie Quarantine Diary: Day 1 – Processing
6 Suitcases, 2 Backpacks, 1 Violin…
and a 15 hour flight from LA to Darwin, Australia.
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21 Days of Downsizing: Day 21 – Tim Tam Slam Dunk
Meet Joey.
Joey snuck into a palette of Tim Tams shipping out of the country and found his way in the land of imitation TJ’s Aussie sandwich cookies.