Alexander Valley School had a student-free day today, so the kids and I took off down to the city for a day on the bikes. […]
Chronology
Brazil Versus Argentina II
The boys continued their undefeated run with their second matchup against Argentina. A tight game, 1-0 the final score.
This Is Your Mind On Plants
This Is Your Mind On Plants, Michael Pollan Goodreads: In This Is Your Mind on Plants, Michael Pollan dives deep into three plant drugs – […]
Happy 80th Birthday Pops John!
We all gathered on Sunday at Estia in Henley Beach to celebrate Pops John’s 80th milestone. It was a wonderful day with so many familiar […]
Brazil Versus Argentina
A great win for Max and the boys to start the season: Brazil 2/Argentina 0!
Dirt
Dirt, Bill Buford Loved it. One of my favorite books of the last couple of years. I just wish I’d read it before we visited […]
Lone Survivor
Lone Survivor, Marcus Luttrell I wish I’d read this before I watched the movie! Goodreads: On a clear night in late June 2005, four US […]
Max’s Golden Birthday
It was Max’s golden birthday this year (for those Down Under, golden birthdays are a classic Hallmark creation: that’s the year you turn your age […]
Arnold With the Kids
The plan was to head up to Truckee for four days with Lance and the Munselle kids for some biking and mountain swimming before school […]
San Fransicko
San Fransicko, Michael Shellenberger Definitely not as good of a read as Shellenberger’s Apocalypse Never, but some interesting lessons and points of discussion, all the […]
A Weekend in Melbourne
A quick trip over to Melbourne during school holidays to visit my cousins and some friends from university
The Psychopath Test
The Psychopath Test, Jon Ronson Goodreads: In this madcap journey, a bestselling journalist investigates psychopaths and the industry of doctors, scientists, and everyone else who […]
Scale
Scale, Geoffrey West Goodreads: The former head of the Sante Fe Institute, visionary physicist Geoffrey West is a pioneer in the field of complexity science, […]
Freezing Order
Freezing Order, Bill Browder Goodreads: When Bill Browder’s young Russian lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, was beaten to death in a Moscow jail, Browder made it his […]
Operation Lock and the War on Rhino Poaching
Operation Lock and the War on Rhino Poaching, John Hanks Goodreads: The aggressive poaching of rhinos needs to be countered with equal aggression. So argued […]
The Body: A Guide for Occupants
The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Bill Bryson Goodreads: In the bestselling, prize-winning A Short History of Nearly Everything, Bill Bryson achieved the seemingly impossible […]
TreeClimb Adelaide
Such a fun gift from Pop Pop! It took us about two-and-a-half hours to complete the five courses. Definitely had us using some muscles that […]
ANZAC Long Weekend in Robe
When we arrived at the Stuart shack in central Robe one of the first things I did was start flicking through the old guest book […]
Cleland Wildlife Park
Neither of the kids could remember the last time they visited (even though both of them had been twice!)
Easter in Wilmington
With the kids on term one school holidays, the four of us made the trek up to the Southern Flinders Ranges to stay with the […]