When I started blogging, it didn’t occur to me that one of my finest sources of material would be my Dad, but here it is, #3 in the Ron chronicles. A couple of weeks after Dad’s 70th birthday, and my gift of rock cakes to him, I speak to him on the phone, and he … More Life after 70
Mum’s mum, Nanna S. kept two letters written to her by my mother in an era when married and moved less than 40 kilometres away to live with your new husband’s family you wrote home. Nanna had her own reasons for saving these letters for me, but what I read in the lines of my … More Clocking up 70 years
So far our holiday & Christmas prep has been pretty chilled. There was the usual six and half hour drive north from the city but we took our time and leaving ahead of the holiday traffic, suffered only the boredom of a trip we’ve made too many times for there to be any residue of … More Here there be spiders…
“Life is what happens while you’re busy making other plans”… is attributed to John Lennon but much quoted by the rest of us when our tender dreams never see the light of day.
My heart goes out to the victims of Mother Nature’s rough side: floods, fires, cyclones, hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunami, pestilence, you name it… but I’ll be blunt here, if you can afford to own a house, or at least be making the repayments, you can afford to insure it. Let me put it another way. You … More How many cups of coffee is peace of mind worth?
I’m fighting urges to get a tattoo, shop at Zara and book a backpacker holiday to Asia. Concurrent to the birth of 47 year old Collette Dinnegan’s second child making SMH news, for the second time this year a high school friend of the same age became a new grandmother, announcing via a Facebook message … More oh no, not nanna…
What do you do when you have one of those no news is good news kind of weeks? I consider them akin to birthdays: the alternative is worse. So how do I navigate my way through a ho-hum week? Besides putting on my walking shoes each morning, and showing up at the office, I cook. … More men are equal before fish
As I stepped into Sydney Park this morning on my walk I encountered a tall pirate towing a mini-pirate on a scooter, a bad fairy, a jogging pumpkin and two girls attired in balaclava’s & t-shirts advising ‘run like you stole something’ carrying a printer box between them… Did I mention it was early? It … More a walk on the wild side
I’ve been known to say I like my own company. It’s easy, I’m never alone because there are two of me. My favourite numbers are 11 and 2. I’m a Sagittarian – astrologically half wo-man, half horse. I’ve been considering this propensity for duality in light of yet again splitting myself between two existences: city … More the two of us
Inspired and invited by Roughsea’s Art for arts sake (2) post, I gathered a selection of photos of pictures (taken for posterity in case the house burns down) which have found their home with the G.O. & I over many years, and each have their own story. I confess, this isn’t even close to all we have, … More art of the heart
Googling “dorrigo lavatree” will get you more than 30 images, and the link to this article. The link has expired but…
Just tell yourself, Duckie, you’re really quite lucky! Dr Seuss Note: feathered model, name unknown but known lover of bread, encountered waddling through clover in the early morning in Sydney Park, St Peters (Sydney) NSW, Australia
*T. S. Eliot
Big news in Sydney this week is Restaurants in recession: Sydney kitchens face harsh winter. The comments are worth a read even if the article is a run-of-the mill SMH offering. Also from SMH there’s Appetite for Sydney: our campaign to support restaurants offering deals “including minute steak with French fries, salad and a glass of … More not-so-fine dining
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