Was a slow start on a very windy day. Body was not willing after the big walk the day before. Cooked breakfast - not done that in a while. A good break - been nearly two weeks doing fruit and toast ti stay away from dairy. This cold is still lurking

We have a different day lined up. One of our Nature Reserves has a 5 weekends a year opening. Have to book - limited to 100 people to explore maybe 200 square kms of unspoiled bush - other than good walking paths. My wife went out early to vote and then we packed a lunch to spend the day. Got there not long after 11am

Feeling a little better each morning but every day is a slow start. Cannot get motivated. Been looking at maps to find routes to cycle down to Lane Cove NP. Just not well enough to do the hills back. Found other things to do. Did go walking after lunch to find a path to the bush on the eastern side - not walked this before

Was one of those days. Late night trading to get some payments done and Microsoft update failed on my PC. I wonder how the man in the street deals with this stuff. Maybe it is a conspiracy to keep IT geeks employed. Took a while for this IT geek to get a computer working. Did get the payment done - not simple either. Made for a late night and a slow start.

Another late night and a slow start. At least the body is steadily getting over the cold. Made for a slow morning and a slow day. Pushed later on the bike to walk the local track. Different plan today - ride to middle section of the creek track as the budding orchids are just below the access point

A crunch week for markets at the end of the US summer holidays. Focused on raising capital to manage exercise risk for weeks like this In a week where S&P 500 dropped 4.14% and Europe dropped 3.64%, my pension portfolio dropped a larger 4.89%. The drags were across the board with quite a few stocks droppng over 24% - e.g., nuclear technology, electic vehicle charging, Bitcoin mining, battery technology, helium exploration, base metal and lithium mining, silver exploration, Canadian uranium exploration