Democracy

Last Saturday was Election Day for our state, to determine which party would govern for the next three to four years.  Congratulations to the winners and commiserations to the losers. Nearly half of my state are now celebrating in the glow of long-hoped for victory....

An Evening with Mr Smith

This week was Writers’ Week in Adelaide, South Australia; one of the many festival activities happening in Mad March. The city is visited by many national and international authors and all the literary buffs come out to play. I joined in the celebrations by...

My 2 cents worth

  We’re living in a world where people who appreciate science and education are called “elitists”. This means their advice –  based on research, experimentation, application and study – can be ignored. After all, everyone knows that...

A night out

The other night the Old Boy, the Son and Heir and I, went to see a play. We’d arranged special seating, due to me being in a wheelchair, but it wasn’t suitable. We were moved to another section, where one lady sat in the wheelchair section, on an ordinary...

Not famous yet

This week I was interviewed by Good Reading Magazine! The interview will be in the next edition, coming out at the end of the month or the beginning of March. It was an interesting experience. Some of the questions they asked were straightforward and easy to answer,...