sorry
Today may well be the beginning of a new way forward in Australia. Today, the Prime Minister offered an apology for the treatment given in the past to Aborigines by the government. It was an apology...
View Articleso many years in so few boxes
Two days ago, my daughter-in-law and I returned to my former home to hopefully finalise packing my things. we had been there a week before and packed most of my books and some other stuff. My husband...
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lightness
A couple of images of light to illustrate my post. The first is my now somewhat burned down Advent candles. The second shot is really a sunset taken from the balcony outside my room looking west. It...
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autumn weekend
It hardly seems possible that it's now autumn. Summer has been and gone. Actually, it really never settled in long enough to call it summer. I vowed after the worst drought in many years that I would...
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growing old
I had a few days off and my sister asked me to stay at her house and mind my elderly mother. Mentally, Mum is wonderful, often remembering things my sister has quite overlooked. She reads well and...
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anzac day 2008
They went with songs to the battle, they were young,Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow. They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted; They fell with their faces to the foe.They...
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sunday morning
I woke this morning to a crisp, sunny autumn day. The house was quiet. The owner of the house, over here for a few more weeks from NZ, had gone to canberra for the day, about 3 hours each way down the...
View Article55 maxims
I was feeling quite peeved this afternoon and hard done by. I sat after lunch to play some mindless game to calm down when I remembered this blog. The author joined the Orthodox church as an adult,...
View Articleit's been quite a while
It's been quite a long while between drinks, or blog posts that others could see. I've written a lot but kept it private but the time has come, I think, to re-open this blog to whoever may stumble on...
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