Hi everyone. I had a quick trip down to Melbourne again this week, and I took this photo of a rower on the Yarra River.
Doesn’t it look like a Monet painting?
So beautiful!
While I was there, I received some great advice and I’m excited to share it with you. Here’s the context: life has been a little busy for me lately. You know what this is like, right? Too much to do and too little time, and loads and loads of meetings.
As I was floundering around trying to figure out where to begin, a friend said this:
So simple, right?
To much to do? Feeling overwhelmed and unable to figure out a plan?
Just start by starting, CATHERINE!!!
So here’s what I’m diving into this weekend.
Copy edits on my new novel, The Bittersweet Bakery Cafe! Coming to you in March 2025.
Finding concrete pavers for some outside renovations that we have to do.
Family Dinner tonight, with a delicious dessert. I’m thinking of Sticky Date pudding.
And all the things: bathrooms need cleaning, there’s shopping to do, I need to organise my work clothes…
Whew! I don’t know about you, but I’m going to just start by STARTING.
Sending you good vibes for tackling some of the items on your never-ending To Do List. (And asking you as a friend…How are you, really? Hope all is well.)
Love Catherine x
P.S. The Fun Stuff!
Love classical music? My son’s charity concert with Seraphim Strings is on Friday 11 October from 6:30pm at Trackdown Studios in Moore Park, Sydney. All proceeds will be donated to TOO GOOD, a women’s shelter and charity. Are you in America or the UK or Canada? Would you like to make a donation to the concert but can’t attend? You can buy tickets or donate here. Thank you, thank you.
I’m finally reading Hannah Kent’s Burial Rites. Reminds me so much of Atwood’s Alias Grace, and I’m loving reading about Iceland. (Note: it’s literary fiction, beautifully nuanced and themes are upsetting. But worth it!)
Dancing around my kitchen to this. So fun.
Making Sticky Date Pudding for dessert. Yum.
