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It’s been a shocker of a week. One of my nephews died in his sleep. We’re still waiting for the autopsy report, so we’re in the dark as to why. On getting the news, his mother, my sister, ended up in hospital with a suspected heart attack. You see,...

The last few posts have been a bit miserable, so this week I’ve decided to be thankful. My mother used to sing an old gospel song, “Count your blessings” and, as she chose to do it when I complained about something, it used to annoy the heck out of...

I’m finding that the more frustrated I am about the “big picture” things in the world, the more annoyed I am by the little things. I want to grab Mr Assad and the leader of the rebels and give them both a jolly good talking to before sending them to...

I think I need to retreat from the world, for a while. The more informed I am about world affairs; local and national politics; famine, flooding, fires and earthquakes, and all the horrors that accompany modern warfare, the more depressed I become. And, I don’t...

A couple of books I really love are currently being turned into films. 1. The Book Thief by Markus Zuzak and 2. Divergent by Veronica Roth. I’m very, very nervous about the outcome. Let’s face it; there have been a number of books that have been thoroughly...

Twelve things I like about winter: 1. It’s not hot. By the end of summer I’m way over wiping sweat off everything. 2. Here in the driest state of the driest continent, winter means water is in the dams; creeks are running and ducks are happy. 3. Everything...