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Here in the Land of Oz, tomorrow is Mother's Day. (Or is it, "Mothers' Day"?) I have mixed feelings about it. Of course, I'm all for making mothers feel special and appreciated. Same goes for fathers on their special day. Nothing wrong with a bit of family love. I...

I have no problem with labelling food stuffs so that the consumer knows what they're getting. We've had heart-friendly foods, gluten-free foods, kosher food, diabetic-friendly, low-sugar, low-fat, peanut-free and other such labels for ages now and that's fine with me....

I was going to proudly tell you about the impending arrival of Mrs Golden Orb's babies. She went to the maternity ward last Saturday (the other end of the verandah) and laid an enormous egg sac. Once it was safely anchored with some golden thread, she retreated to her...

I'm baaa-aaack! Anyone notice I went missing last week? Anyone? Last Saturday the Old Boy and I were invited to a friend's place for "brunch". It started at 9am. For my friends, who are very early risers, this was the middle of the morning. For me, a night owl, it was...

I saw the good doctor P - my oncologist - yesterday and had my tummy jab. All things are going well. Thank the good Lord for modern medicine. Afterwards, the Old Boy and I drove across town to visit Father-in-law, in another hospital. The poor old fella's been...

We have a golden orb spider that has taken up residence in our back yard. It can thank its lucky stars it's not a redback or it would have been dead ages ago. But, it's a rather interesting shape: a greyish-white abdomen (which is growing bigger and bigger), a dark...