Water World revisited

by | Jan 17, 2011 | 3 comments

There have been numerous Aussie floods in my life-time, although I’ve never been in one. However, I’ve never before seen so much of Australia under water at the same time: 3/4s of Queensland, a good chunk of New South Wales, 1/3 of Victoria, the north-east...

Tap tap tappity tap.

by | Jan 8, 2011 | 1 comment

So, it’s January 8 and already it feels as if Christmas and New Year never happened. All that cleaning, planning, shopping, wrapping and anticipation and…blrrp!… it’s back to the same-old-same-old. (That’s right: still nothing from the...

A brand new year!

by | Jan 1, 2011 | 1 comment

2011 is now 11 hours old. Awww…just a baby. But, already it’s covered in scars and has a nasty cough. People are still being tortured for their faith, or ethnicity, or for living on land that other people want. Young people are still being convinced that...

Christmas Eve, 2010

by | Dec 24, 2010 | 5 comments

It’s lunch-time, Christmas Eve. I’ve given up hoping the agent will contact me before Christmas and am now hoping for early in the new year. (please oh please oh please…) It’s been a couple of months now, so it’s not looking hopeful....

Will the real Santa stand up?

by | Nov 29, 2010 | 4 comments

Advent season is upon us. The jolly fat man in the red suit rode into town a couple of weeks ago (Christmas pageant), so the kiddies know the Big Day is coming soon. Of course the shops have been trying to tell us that since late September. The way they’re going...