New Year’s Friends, Fireworks & Memories
Hoorah for January, the best month of the year. Only New Year heralds a respectable chance to wipe the slate clean and, armed with resolutions, to begin anew on this adventure called life. The best...
View ArticleXmas Pudding and Trifle terrific treats
Is there anything as sweet and alluring to the eye than Christmas Day desserts? Ours were a delicious trifle which was a treat for the eye as well as the taste buds and a home-made Christmas pudding...
View ArticleMore Water Saves Mighty Murray
It is a once-in-a-lifetime moment at, arguably, Australia’s most controversial spot – the mouth of the mighty River Murray. Today, the mouth is open and a mere sliver of blue waters run from the river...
View ArticleDiversity in Aged Care
The Federal Government’s national ageing and aged care policies move beyond mainstream to diversity. The Federal Government has released its first national ageing and aged care strategy for Lesbian,...
View ArticleOswald floods Queensland with cyclonic rain
So much for the idyllic Sunshine State! Brisbane seems to be drowning in a cyclonic drenching and 80km winds lash relentlessly around the Queenslander house built on stilts where my daughter lives,...
View ArticleVive Les Mis et La Revolution!
Tom Hooper’s musical version of the Victor Hugo novel, Les Miserables,a classic tale of romance, morality and crushing poverty in revolutionary France, is spell-binding. This is due in no small measure...
View ArticleFrench women “wear the pants” at last
Paris chiefs have finally told women they can ‘wear the trousers’ after a 213-year-old ban on wearing such clothing was revoked as “incompatible’’ with contemporary French society. Back in 1800...
View ArticleFrankie is a champ at tennis
Whatever happens to ageing rockers? Ask Frank Sebastyan, former sensational lead singer of Frankie and the In Sect rock band and he will tell you his sporting success story. Forget about the...
View ArticleDying Well – Prof Maddocks tells how
A belated but hearty congratulations to palliative care Godfather, Emeritus Professor Ian Maddocks, who was named Senior Australian of the Year 2013. My heart jumped with joy at the news as I played a...
View ArticleHeat, Dust, Flies – and Fun
BY JEANETTE COOMBES Certainly, this is not my best look! No Akubra for me, but the fly net is a must at Mt Barry working on a cattle station in the far north of South Australia in January. The...
View ArticleLush landscape in memorable journey
Mad March heralds Autumn and farewells the most extraordinary summer in my memory. It seemed at one stage the whole of New South Wales was burning in an ominous scattering of more than 100 bushfires....
View ArticleRight Royal Beautiful Boatload
We have one life to live and it’s the experience of each moment that matters. Curiosity; serendipity; Whatever words you wish to use; its that desire to find excitement and joy in every day which...
View ArticleThe Power of Words
American thinker Joseph Campbell once said “We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.” They are comforting words for a new widow, and a...
View ArticleOur Easter feast includes a “Stuff-Off”
Food culture has invaded our Easter celebrations with all the birds roasted for our Sunday feast being filled with stuffings in our family’s stuff-off. The table is set with the best china, Josephine...
View ArticleLove Is No Longer All You Need
Love is no longer all you need for happiness, the world’s oldest longitudinal study has found. As we age, if we acquire emotional intelligence – the ability to cope with whatever life dishes out – has...
View ArticleHollande in hole of scandal, debt and despair
Ex-pat journalist Emma-Kate Symons sums up French president Francois Hollande’s bumbling performance in his first 12 months in office in two words – Quel catastrophe! From her first-hand perch in the...
View ArticleLucky Locky To Russia With Know-How
Some blokes have all the luck. Take popular yachtie vice-commodore of the Goolwa Regatta Yacht Club Locky McLaren spend last Sunday motoring his yacht loaded with a bunch of female friends,...
View ArticleNo Complacency About Cancer Screenings
Renowned healthcare advocate, Dr Judith Roberts, has warned that any Federal Government funding cuts to cancer screening programs would result in rising death rates from the dreaded disease. Dr...
View ArticleFrench luxury label LV marries Aussie RM
Australian bush outfitter R.M. Williams has pulled off a dream deal. French fashion house Louis Vuitton has bought just under 50 per cent of its iconic designs tailored for stylish “colts and...
View ArticleHow Does Your Garden Grow Dearest?
To my darling Frenchman, Olivier, If only you were still here dear to see how the garden is continuing to bloom and bring me pleasure. Remember the discussions we had about how we would choose irises...
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