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Category Archive: Diary

Flight

Townhouses
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The neighbour came to the door again, beer in hand to chat and ask to use the green bin. He had been chopping back a tree that was getting in the way of his garage.

Matt Green January 15, 2021 Diary, Gobbets

Diary note 20/8/20: unusual events

Morang Wetlands
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A plane flies overhead. I notice because it is unusual with so few flights scheduled these days. At the same time, the shower head starts dripping then stops as suddenly as it began, as the sound of the passing plane fades away.

Matt Green August 20, 2020 Diary

Journaling: an important self-care habit

Journaling
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Around 18 months ago I started journaling, something I’d often thought about but never fully committed to. My strange love affair with stationery meant I’d collected a stack of journals over the years but struggled to put pen to paper. Each New Year I’d make it my resolution to keep my journal only to find my musings drifting within a week or two.

Clare Wilkes August 13, 2020 Art & Literature, Diary, Mind your mind

Diary note 9/8/20: a sedentary lockdown

COVID-19
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I have become highly sedentary…

Matt Green August 9, 2020 Diary, Melbourne, Mind your mind

The Rise and Fall of Franco Pavarro

Shadow of the Bat
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A deep, gnawing sadness descended again this week in Melbourne as we returned to a further 6 weeks of lockdown. Franco Parvarro emerges, death is explored and reborn as a comforting acknowledgement of change.

Matt Green July 11, 2020 Diary, Melbourne, Mind your mind, Music, Travel

Diary note 1/11/19: everyday mindfulness

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Thoughts from a walk to the station in the morning, through wooded lanes. This is really ‘everyday’ mindfulness, as focus is not on a podcast or music, but what is going on around oneself, the sights, sounds, smells…

Matt Green November 1, 2019 Diary, Mind your mind, Nature, Sounds
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Diary note, 28th June 2018

At home on the deck in the cold of winter, neighborhood wood stoves burn red gum. An enchanting […]

Matt Green June 28, 2018 Diary, Gobbets
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