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The summer season
![A nature walk](/student/wellbeing/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2021-02/_dsc4981.jpg?h=790be497&itok=zxcJIOoo)
For me, summer means a few things; being out in nature, making plenty of jarred preserves and spending time with family and friends.
Welcoming a new year
Despite the fact that a new year is just an arbitrary marker of the time, at the very least, it’s a chance to approach the months ahead with an adjusted frame of mind.
The land down under
![Blue lake landscape](/student/wellbeing/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2021-02/_dsc4648.jpg?h=790be497&itok=IelnCiYr)
It seems to be increasingly popular but, have you ever thought about the great Aussie road trip?
Dalgona-esque oatmeal breakky
Read on for an oatmeal recipe that tastes like a whipped coffee crossed with a Reese’s peanut butter cup.
Ouch
Every now and then, things feel really bad. In general it goes something like this. There’s something I’ve put a lot into. A person, an activity, a job, an investment, it could be anything. Whatever it is, I’ve put a lot of time, emotion or energy into it. I have this idea of how things are going to go. Except that’s not how things go at all.
Review: Longshot
Directed by Jonathon Levine and staring Charlize Theron and Seth Rogan, the 2019 romantic-comedy Longshot about a Secretary of State falling in love with a slouchy speechwriter, somewhat disappeared from the cultural radar not long after its release. This is a shame.
Should I get an axolotl?
I love axolotls. They have mushy little faces and look like miniature underwater lions. But would they make good pets and company?
Gaga and Oprah
If you’re like me, you probably have complicated feelings about celebrities. I can acknowledge the systems that produce celebrity: rampant capitalism, an at times cult-like worship and an underlying commodification of the self are all preconditions for celebrity in the 21st century.
How refreshing are waterfalls?
![A photograph of my visit to Lilydale Falls, Tasmania.](/student/wellbeing/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2020-03/IMG_20200112_145303_1_0.jpg?h=d318f057&itok=3fQD-Hou)
I'm looking for some waterfalls in South Australia, but where can I find them?
Programming
We are living in a digital age (just in case you hadn't noticed). When people point that out to me it usually feels like such a mundane observation. My gut response is that computers aren't anything remarkable, I use them every day