The end of 2015 marks two and a half years since I gave up my day job at the Health Department. It’s also been my busiest year by far.
That doesn’t mean much when there’s only 1.5 other years to compare it to 😉 but I’ve run the numbers and it was pretty huge.
Here’s the vital statistics:
- 118-ish days of talks and workshops at schools, libraries and festivals (way up from 80 last year)
- 12 festival/conference appearances (more than the last two years combined)
- Quietest term: 1st (same as last year)
- Quietest month: March (last year = April)
- Busiest term: 3rd (same as last year)
- Busiest months: August/Sept/Oct (last year = Aug)
- 4 trips over east (down from 6 last year)
- 1 trip each to Tas, Vic, NSW, Qld
- 2.5 weeks = longest trip away (Qld)
- 1 new book released (My Dead Bunny)
- 3 book launches including 2 inter-state
- 2 bouts of the flu
- 1 contract for a work-in-progress
- 1 grant
- 2 community art projects
- 9 editions of the James Foley-o newsletter
Phew.
Norm and I have some good news: 
There’s only 10 days until the release date of 
I’ve been working on a great community project since April; I was hired by Yanchep Community Centre to redesign their playgroup outdoor area. It needed to be suitable for the 2-4 year olds from the weekly playgroups, and it needed to include a water play area and a music play area. it also needed to use as many upcycled materials as possible. Here’s what we did.
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