Accountability Month: Day 29

Day 29 in my month-long accountability project. Novel: None. Exercise: None. Other achievements: I organized the house post-garage sale in preparation for the landlady coming this afternoon to sign a lease with the new tenants. I sold the bathroom scales and some chairs. I went to the hospital for my ultrasound and obstetrician appointments and [...]

Accountability Month: Day 28

Novel: None Exercise: None Other Achievements: We sold the car! It was in the shop for detailing work and we got it back Friday afternoon. Within an hour two buyers had come to see it and both were interested and prepared to pay asking price. We went with the one that was able to get [...]

Accountability Month: Day 26

Day 26 in my month-long accountability project. Novel: I have been thinking about the novel a fair bit but there’s been no change to the word count. It’s pretty clear that I’m not going to make my goal of 24,000 words by the end of the month – but that doesn’t mean that I’m giving [...]

The truth about the TSA scans and your health

Airport Security

In two weeks’ time I will be flying from the United States to Australia – we’re moving home. If I get asked to go through the full-body scanner – whether it’s the millimetre-wave machine or the back-scatter machine – I will be opting out. I won’t be doing this as a form of protest. I [...]

Did the TSA kill Opt-Out Day?

Call me suspicious, but I think the TSA has just made a rather brilliant PR move. Today is the day before Thanksgiving in the United States. It was also the day nominated for “National Opt-Out Day” when travellers across America would protest the TSA’s new security measures and opt for an enhanced pat-down rather than [...]

Accountability Month: Day 19

Day 19 in my month-long accountability project. Novel: I haven’t written for a few days. I might still get a chance this afternoon but it’s been pretty busy! Exercise: I swam 20 freestyle laps at the pool this morning (15-20 minutes). It was the first time in over a week. It felt really great! I [...]

Accountability Month: Day 15

Day 15 in my month-long accountability project. Novel: No progress today. This wasn’t procrastination, I was just really busy all day. Exercise: I had hoped to go for a swim but didn’t get time. Other achievements: I wrote three blog posts for Passports with Purpose, the travel blogging fundraiser I’m involved with. This year we [...]

Passports with Purpose: Fairmont Olympic in Seattle

Fairmont Olympic interior

The Fairmont Olympic in Seattle is a corporate hero to those of us involved in Passports with Purpose. Our travel blogging fundraiser has only been running for three years and Fairmont has been with us every step of the way. This is their third year to sponsor a prize and this year I am the [...]

Passports with Purpose: Fly with Airship Ventures

Airship Ventures

Since moving here last year, I have been seduced by the beauty of San Francisco and the California coast. The sweeping red arches of the Golden Gate Bridge never fail to move me and I fell in love with the sparkling waters and wild cliffs of the coast on my Highway 1 road trip last [...]

Passports with Purpose 2010: We’re building a village in India!

PassportsSchoolSign

I am proud to be part of Passports with Purpose once again. I really am! That might sound like a platitude but it’s not. See this? This is the school we built in Cambodia last year. That’s right. Through the efforts of travel bloggers the generosity of readers and sponsors, we raised $30,000 and now [...]

Bad Behavior has blocked 1816 access attempts in the last 7 days.

Switch to our mobile site