A beer thinking of Xavier

I’m still working issues with publishing on the fly so I thought I’d give it another go while having a beer.

I also thought I’d mention a young lad, Xavier, who I met recently. Someone who could slip through the gaps as happened to me but maybe just maybe the good with his parents are doing will save him.

So if in 15 years you hear of a 27 year old Xavier who is doing a amazing things this is the wunderkind.

Here I am again.

It’s been a long time since I started the digital journey. Back in 2006 I heard my first podcast and thought that would be a good idea to have a crack at producing my own. I had no idea but was totally enamored with the idea. And so it started…

For five years I gave it my all. I removed some equity from my property and dedicated myself to the task. Learnt from a base of zero to eventually create 150 episodes on two podcasts at Your Story and Create Your Life Story.

In the end it didn’t work out for me and I had to lick my wounds and return to the trade. But there’s still an interest in me to do these digital creative works.

I love the spoken word and telling stories in audio. So here I am again playing on my phone writing this to see how practical it is to post audio and text on the go. Time will tell if I do much or have to wait a few years until I retire and have more time and energy.

AudioMo is happening again soon

With AudioMo happening again in June I thought it would be good to remember how to publish audio again.

A view of Southbank Parklands where I was recording this

As I write this I’m afraid things haven’t gone too well but I’ll continue to try to work out an effecient method to post on the go.

I miss audio & human biases

Listening recently to @audiowrangler aka. Mark Cotton I realised how much I miss recording audio. I know this too late for #Audiomo but there’s still #Audio365 and I thought I’d throw another thought into the mix about optimism bias regarding #Covid19. And as promised I got my chocolate stout.

60th Birthday at Vipassana without the crisis.

Dhamma Rasmi, Vipassana Meditation Centre, Pomona

It’s taken 60 years to get here so I decided to unplug from society for 10 days and take time for myself. I got far more than I expected and not all was comfortable and some of the good I can expect to come in the future.

It’s all been fascinating but as I write this, staying for a few additional days on the Sunshine Coast after the course has completed, I’m aware we are all parts of much bigger systems. The slow rotation of our planet, facing the coast of Queensland yet again to our local star, showed me a wonderful dawn this morning, something small but repeated now 1.3 Trillion times in the history of our home planet.

Dawn 6:00 on 23 March 2020 Mudjimba Beach

St Mary’s on Kangaroo Point

Every second Sunday we dance some tango in the church hall at St Mary’s Anglican Church on the top of the Kangaroo Point Cliffs

Built of Brisbane Tuff, the local stone used in many of the early buildings and infrastructure it has the classic mottled look of the stone still in the cliffs today

It’s a little quiet amongst the hustle of the city.

St Mary’s church Kangaroo Point 1872
The Hall
Brisbane City from Kangaroo Point

Apollo 11 – The Movie

I just went to see this new movie gathered from old and newly discovered footage.

Apollo 11 Movie Trailer

As a complete space nut and someone who remembers watching it live as a nine year old boy I thought I’d make a comment.