The Year Truly Begins

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As usual my day starts with breakfast taking in some music videos, but this week is different. It’s after Australia Day, schools back (not that this matters to us, our children are well past that) and everyone is back from the beach. The morning traffic indicates the business year has reached its true starting point.

It’s hard for my overseas colleagues to understand, but from mid December until after Australia Day it’s holidays.

The country really does stop. Business shuts with at best skeleton staff on, Restaurants take a few weeks off . Even emails drys up! It’s a time for the beach, watching the cricket, catching up with friends, that’s what this time is all about.

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Across these few weeks it’s easier to find business colleagues at Victor Harbour ( that’s why we prefer Second Valley) our major beach holiday town than it is in Adelaide.

Whilst people tend to return to work after New Year they will take a day off here or there, leave early ( why not its hot and the beach or pool is calling!)) so achieving much beyond that which was on board before Christmas is often difficult.

That’s all different from today. No more excuses, time to get down to it and I’m looking forward to it.

Walking in Memphis – One of the truly great songs

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One morning last week I was doing the usual, having breakfast watching music videos before walking to work and on came one of my all time favourite songs Walking in Memphis by Marc Cohen.

Its easy to say that I love everything about this song because I do. It’s a song that I listen to every word of, no matter how often I play it, which is a lot! It’s the words, the piano that intros, wafts throughout and ends it as well as the gospel feel. I could go on. The whole song is sensational.

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Tour Down Under – Southern Fleurieu

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Today’s stage of Australia’s major bike race was in my favourite part of South Australia. It was a glorious day as I set out for a ride to take in the atmosphere. It was also the stage where the public get to ride the stage, so rather than being a lone ride there were thousands of fellow cyclists on the road.

The stage started in the city and then worked its way down to the Southern Fleurieu with the highlight of the stage being the ride across the Myponga Dam Wall

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Fifteen Minutes and One Post!

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One of the Daily Prompts last year was to spend fifteen minutes on a topic and then publish.

So hear goes…

It’s Monday morning, a work day, and I have my long black over ice and piece of toast and Vegemite for breakfast – hardly the breakfast of champions, but something I enjoy. Mornings are my time. Usually no one else is up and I can put the music channel on and browse the news websites or as I have been doing in recent weeks, browse my WordPress Reader which is so much more relaxing!

I have found so many interesting posts and blogs, my Reader is now being updated with some of the most fabulous content. Initially I was looking for posts on topics I was interested in, but in the last week or so I have been more adventurous and it’s been fun. I visited a cooking site, I never look at cookbooks! have been excited by the energy that so many fellow bloggers have, it’s so refreshing at a time when there is so much negativity around.

Then after my toast and coffee it’s a walk to work reflecting on what I’ve read. So much more enjoyable than being dragged down by the news!

Well that’s fifteen minutes my times up and so It’s time to publish.

Not my best post I am sure, but it does show that I can do it without my usual twenty five plus edits!

I had “High Hopes” – Bruce Springsteen’s latest

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I found Bruce Springsteen’s “High Hopes” on Spotify today providing me an early opportunity to listen to it as it was not available at my local CD store.

I’d read a few reviews in the lead up to the release of this album and they hadn’t necessarily been fulsome in their praise. As a result I was a little uneasy as I hit the play button on my iPhone.

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