An author in search of a tropic

He looked high..... he looked low .......no latitude was left unturned. Google earth was used extensively in this excercise.

Okay I did pick the title in order to add a little pizzazz. ...... its capricorn by the way........the nearest tropic.

What's been happening. Bev came for supper Saturday and Callum entertained us all with his conversation skills and his guitar skills. Sunday took us to Butter for Sunday brunch and then the big walk. I used google earth afterward to measure the distance but we walked a round to Southbank along the river and ferried back. A 3 km walk! I'm getting stronger everyday.

Monday we got up late and Callum got taken awayin the afternoon, by his mom after a bit of a visit. They all had a great time at Gatton.

Tuesday we were at the clinic early 7:20am! and had bloods and flushing Dr Schozenbootz called later and said my levels were all okay so that's great. My feet hurt and so we didn't go anywhere. Bev and Shinny joined us for drinks and dinner and we all had good conversation. My God Bev asked probing questions. Anyway Shiny was off early today to Uni. Joyce had an errand this morning and then we walked/ferried into the city to the bank to try to sort moving money from Canada and faxing things to the government. Were back home and snuggled in for the evening, its getting cooler in the evening these days droping to a cool 22 or 20 degrees.

Had a really nice Skype call with Clem Martini, the hugely suscessful Canadian playwright, author, editor and wrting professor. He may be coming to Australia next year and we can hardly wait. They used skype to stay in touch with their eldest daughter when she was traveling in Australia earlier in the year and I told him I thought 9 years old was way to young to be traveling alone and reminded me that the World has turned a few times since I last saw Chandra, and that it was okay for this 3rd year uni student, 23 year old, to travel! Very nice conversation for Bluey and I.

Peter and Marion are coming by for Sunday brunch this weekend, as Marion is here for an Ancient History conference, on Saturday. Ret is coming to visit next Wednesday and shinny next Tuesday so we have lots to look forward to. More long walks planned.

That's it for this Tropic. The next obvious tropic is Cancer but we aren't going there so I'll have to come up with a new theme for next blog.

More later
Chris