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A Day on the Golf Course
My mother has a rather strange aversion. It's not a stereotypical one, like fearing rodents, or freaking out over spiders, but one that filled her with dread for more than a decade: She cannot enter...
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Cockatoos and Car Accidents
In the few minutes it took me to drop my grandmother home with her shopping, a majestic Sulfur-crested cockatoo was struck and killed by a passing car. I saw the members of the flock arriving, big...
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Notes on an Engagement
Tonight, two of the greatest people in the world stood up in front of their friends and family and formally announced their commitment to each other. It was a night to celebrate love and the momentous...
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The 2013 Archibald Prize at the Art Gallery of NSW
Last Friday night, I was lucky enough to score a ticket to the opening of the Archibald, one of Australia's premier art prizes. I love the art, the controversy and the debate around this event: the...
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The Start of the Baseball Season and of Something New
I switched on the TV and the lounge room flooded with the familiar voices of Kruk and Kuip. On the other side of the world, I was plugged in to the SF Giants - my World Series-winning baseball team....
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Anzac Day
I am winding up my last week here in Sydney before I head home to San Francisco via Singapore. And tomorrow is Anzac Day, the one day of the year we thank those who went into battle for our nation, and...
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In Transit
I feel as though time has stopped. I've felt like that a lot since I departed Sydney a few days ago. It's a combination of different time zones, emotional exhaustion, odd sleeping habits and anxiety.
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Where the Forest Meets the Lake Meets the Sea
When you find yourself in sunshine this bright, it makes the past and the present feel like a dream. Was I ever in Chicago? Was it a regular -12C only a day or two ago? Now my legs are being whipped by...
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Three Things #3
#1: I am almost finished the classes I’ve been taking. I’m almost there, almost done. Almost. Seeing my dwindling ‘to do’ list is empowering. I’ve been on a self-imposed exile whilst I’ve been...
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Thoughts on Change and Evaluation
I am starting to view my life less as a series of planned adventures and more as a path, a journey with twists and turns and unexpected hiccups and fortuitous events. And even though I haven't changed...
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Climbing Pigeon House Mountain, NSW
It was a chilly 12 degrees Celsius (53F) and the sun had not yet reached us on the south-western face of the mountain. We each put in our ear buds, and set off with little ceremony or fanfare.
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The Preliminary Final
Sometimes life bites you in the arse. Hard. I took a tumble at basketball on Wednesday night and have spent the last 44 hours in hospital. I had surgery this morning to have a plate inserted in my...
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Surgery, Trakkies and Champagne
The registrar asked if I had seen my x-rays, and I shook my head in the negative. Her face dropped and she said, "Ooooh!" rather ominously, then asked us to follow her into a consulting room. I looked...
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A Year Ago Today
A year ago today, I found myself sitting on the polished floorboards of the King George V Rec Centre tucked underneath the Sydney Harbour Bridge, clutching at my wrist.
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