What I am doing this month

A journal

just for the record and in case you are in town and would like to join in or do something similar to share what you are up to near yours.

2026

January

Eagle at Wamboin

Walk off the Christmas indulgences, Beach, swim,

back to paid work, set up the first half of my year with family events

Clean one part of the house that’s been annoying me all the previous year

Watch the bark fall off the gum trees in mid summer as their girths also expand.

Walk and Talks (permaculture design vouchers from last year donation to a school gala event).

Making space in home for boomerang adultlets and planning for a studio for a ‘benevalant landlords’ retreat (retrofit of garage).

Design session with Permaculture Visions with April and PDC students

Beach trip to Berry (and a thousand berry related jokes in the car).

February

Fire season- slow burn this one was a ‘cultural burn’

Already? Book in workshops, set up forward talks

First webinar of the year (missed the other one) – thanks NENA – The wellbeing economy and the film “purpose”

kick up the conditioning program and reestablish personal routines

summer batch of kombucha and kimchi – watching carefully in the heat so as not to miss the windows for fermented goodness

water water water – Last chance for summer plantings and swims.

Workshop with Robin Clayfield and finally getting to Nararra Ecovillage. -it was a fantastic workshop and roadtrip

Kick off /resprouting (?) for the Oceania hub – design school for regenerating earth.

mentoring with PDC students

started tutoring with Permaculture Visions (learning from a master)

Multigenerational living adventure starting…

March

Mustards and greens

Regen Study group proposal  – Canberra city farm -details in their newsletter – Topic – Bioregioning

Our place – Getting to know you and our bioregion

Community Mapping of the many layers

Why it matters – deepening connections with our place, our country.

planning a Farm tour and design workshop with Southern NSW Harvest Cooperative and local legends who farm.

Personal Retreat – first for about 9 years so it’s time. Although its’ not in a zen monastery in southern japan (kind thoughts Jiho) this time,  it will do.

Exhibition by family at Rusten House Gallery Queanbeyan – amazing 3 generations of talent Opens March 7 (2 weeks)

Enrolled in Regenerating Earth Thru Collapse (2026)A learning journey on regenerating the earth through intensifying collapse. March – Sept 2026.

April

no plans – autumn plantings and more perennials in the garden hoping for a wet winter.

practicing creative energy building

remembering meditations

eating vegan easter eggs 😉

 

Deep Ecology Circle of all beings – soil

May

Wet warm winter wishes granted

Zinneas & Amaranth wild and colourful

remembering my creative self.

Amaranth

June

Arm recovering well – strengthen and stretch…post concussion hitting harder…

Run down to exhaustion –  forgetting all my wellbeing strategies, strengths and values – all challenged.

Joy – Bella the blue banded bee is hatched in Beetastrophe (c)- we’re all connected, on this spinning ball called Earth

Oceania hub on Mighty Networks puddling along

Garage plans approved by Council – now the fun bit of 30K decisions (its a tiny house build equivalent).

July

Regroup and values and strengths renamed, committed to and applied.

seeing through a few things I feel obliged to do

plotting a brave pivot for my wisdom years,

me first, when I remember …habit reshape.

summoning the energy for planning builds, trips and having adventures

gym and nutrition revisited with intent. 50% on my way to my goals.

tinnitus my friend tells me when to slow down

Winter hibernation – the force is strong in this one.

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2025 May-June

the world rushed by and I barely had time to gasp

September

Finally, Canada – summer holiday on the west coast and such good friends after 25 years apart prepared to have us camp and stay with them for a week.

Rockies awesome

Vancouver Island +s even better

October

Fell off a wall and broke – nay-  smashed my left humerus. Very Unpleasant. you can read more about this experience (if brave) here

The world on our shoulders

Health problems family all round.

November

Recovery

December

Honestly, it was filled with returning to work without coming home and falling asleep on the couch and staying away from bright lights and noisy places, a Christmas I can barely remember except for the delightfully thoughtful gifts from my children (promises of their time to be with me), my friend tinnitus and questions about the year ahead.