I have finally splashed out, and got ourselves (or should I say ‘myself’?) a Kindle.
It has taken us some years to get to this point. First, there was the financial side to consider, and then we had to process the whole pseudo-ethical arguments for and against traditional books.
Then there was the other important question: what [...]
Are you a compulsive criticizer? I have a friend, Mythical, who’s the all-time biggest criticizer – EVER. Let me tell you a bit about him.
Teacher. Photographer. Champion athlete. Father.
A year ago today, he walked into eternity.
What is it that drives us, at the end of each year, to either take stock or hide in insensibility? However far I run from clichés, I simply find myself entangled in a whole other bunch of them. So here I am, trying to formulate a suitable summary of The Year That Was…
First of all, [...]
A friend recently observed that there are two people in her. ‘Normally, I am a rational, self-controlled, mature woman. But there are times when the little girl that I was comes out, with all her insecurities, and controls what I do.’
She speaks of emotionally trying times. Sometimes these are when matters of the heart are [...]
My apologies for the long silence. So far 2009 has turned out to be the Year of Change!
First, as a family, it was time to farewell a significant part of it. We have been celebrating the life of, and saying goodbye to one of our closest loved ones.
Then Black Saturday 2009 came. Australia suffered devastating [...]
Gaza is on my mind, as I am sure it is for many people. This was going to be a silent post (though how, I don’t know), because I can’t write anything cohesive about it. The situation is complicated. It can be looked at on so many levels, and I fear that no one solution [...]
