The grapes of…?

by | Nov 12, 2011 | 0 comments

Yesterday the Old Boy and I took two lovely Irish ladies on a short trip through the Barossa Valley. They’re the mother and aunty of my son’s fiancee, out here for the wedding. (Only two weeks to go!) We had a nice day: the weather was perfect, the vines...

The “what-ifs”.

by | Nov 5, 2011 | 2 comments

I had an attack of the “what-ifs” the other day: what if I hadn’t been discouraged from writing back in the mumbly-mumbles; what if, back in the day, I’d tried to get into journalism like my father wished instead of teachers’ college like...

Mutt, seal and plague.

by | Oct 29, 2011 | 4 comments

Here we are in the wilds of the Yorke Peninsula, South Australia (alhtough, in Internet Land I haven’t moved an inch). Within five minutes of our arrival Rex the Wonder Dog managed to leap through a screen door head first. The Old Boy has just finished replacing...

Hoo roo!

by | Oct 23, 2011 | 4 comments

My apologies, dear reader, if I’ve made you a little anxious. I hate to think of you chewing your fingernails, pacing the floor, wondering: Where’s Wendy’s blog? Is she still posting? Has something happened to her?… The thing is –...

Post BC

by | Oct 15, 2011 | 0 comments

Tonight I’ll be speaking at an evening aimed at raising awareness re Breast Cancer, raising some money for research, and encouraging women to face life’s difficulties with faith and hope. Actually I can’t be definite that the last bit is the aim of...