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I've been watching the American race for president for a while now. Like the rest of the world, at first I thought, "Trump is obviously the joke candidate, brought in for some light relief." But, it's gone beyond a joke now. In fact, it's become both disturbing and...

Just a few random thoughts/opinions that have been floating around in my head lately. Why doesn't the Pope tell Archbishop Pell to go home and give evidence to the court re paedophiles in the church? I'm sorry to hear Pell's not well (although it's an odd coincidence...

Yesterday I had an appointment with Dr P (my oncologist). We discussed the results of the recent CT scan I'd had of my chest and abdomen, and the results of a recent blood test. This is what we usually do and, as usual, there's nothing to worry about. Then, I wandered...

This morning I had a sudden clear memory of a man I knew when I was a kid. Don't panic; it's a good memory! He was the father of friends of mine. I'd been talking with (or possibly talking to) my husband about poetry and art. (I know. It sounds a tad pretentious,...

I recently read a young adult's book, Making Bombs for Hitler. (It was in a selection of books that Good Reading Magazine asked me to review.) It was about a nine year old girl who was taken from the Ukraine by the Nazis and sent to a labour camp. No, she wasn't...

It's 2016. How did that happen? Where did the year go? I wasn't finished with it yet; there were still so many things I was going to get done "before Christmas". Then it was "before the new year". Now it'll have to be "before Easter". The lights in the front garden...