We're back

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We're back..... Don't worry, despite the picture, I haven't gone Shining crazy.

It's time to write again. I hope someone is still reading.

What's new?

• We're applying for permanent residency. Yes, we like it here enough to want to stay longer, maybe much longer.
• Judi has lots and lots of new friends from the dog park and other places - so many that she had a birthday party when I was out of town.
• My job is still fun and challenging, even though I've traveled about 10,000km for every month that I've been here. I'm staying at home for a while now. In fact, I have no plane tickets in hand which is quite rare for me. In the last six months, I've been to Paris, Tucson, the Netherlands, Western Australia, and South Africa (I think I'm missing something....)
• I saw Gavin and Zoe in Tucson a few months ago. They're both fine - Zoe is working (temporarily) in Socorro at Socorro Mental Health providing life coaching for young adults, and Gavin is finishing his degree at UT, Dallas. We went to Nogales together and ate good Mexican food. We also spent a great evening with Judi's friend Vicki. I really liked being in the Southwest again. In fact, the first thing I ate was fish taco from a local taco stand. On returning to Sydney, I brought a bag full of can of green chile so we can have burritos and quesadillas again.
• We're into bush walking at the moment, well me more than Judi. There are excellent trails all around where we live on which you can walk for hours without seeing a house.
• Make Judi tell you about seeing the musical of "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert."
• Book recommendation: "Dirt Music" by Tim Winton, Movie recommendation: "Look Both Ways".
• I deny watching any cricket at all. I am totally unware of any recent international games between Australia and England.
• We're planning a road trip up into northern New South Wales and maybe southern Queensland. I can't wait. Here's one place we might visit.
  

That's it for now.....

Tim

PS This is really me looking happy and lighthearted.

PPS Here's the short version of the Shining.