It's holiday time in Australia - something that millions of people from third world countries possibly have no concept of. In news items, movies and docos we see of war-torn, poverty-stricken nations, populated with the starving, infirm, motherless, spouseless - at menial work, or begging on the ... READ the POST

It's always a little task each month to think of what to write for you. For me. My daughter shared with me the other day that one of her cafe customers had bought a copy of my memoir there, and was pouring out to Marlo her enthusiasm about the story. How I would love to still be writing about ... READ the POST

Outside of my own little world, here where I live, the greater world always calls me. Last weekend with my two similarly adventurous girlfriends, I found myself amongst jazz lovers at the South Coast Jazz Festival. We'd booked a lovely beach house at Port Elliot - a few metres from a pounding ... READ the POST

Here is the poem I meant to put up yesterday. It is in the style of most of the poetry I wrote in the late seventies, early eighties - quirky and a bit silly, but inspired by my hero poets of the day. If you're reading on your i-phone, turn it sideways for a better read. The Tapestry Powder ... READ the POST

Missed my deadline last month, so no 'September' in my archives. Nothing I can do to change that, even with modern technology. But who knows what AI will get up to, or IS getting up to. Something happened with my iPhone the other day that had even my very tech savvy son-in-law puzzled. I had ... READ the POST

I wrote in my last blog about Archie Roach's Memoir 'Tell Me Why.' It's taken me a while to finish the book as my reading time is limited to the evenings and mostly in bed. This book stirred some deep emotions in me. As those of you who have read my memoir may remember, we spent three months ... READ the POST