A great long weekend away in Queensland (where I come from) to attend the Wedding Party for my nephew Andrew and his lovely ‘intended’ Meg, and catch up with other nephews and nieces of brother Mark’s family. Always good to stay with sister Anne and Trev and nephew Michael (named after his wonderful uncle, of …
t 72 – “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks” – or can you? s this old dog turns 72, he is still a happy and driven person; keeping busy with far too many daily activities. He may also enjoy the ‘wisdom of years’, but on his 72nd birthday, the old dog knows that …
OWL OF STEAMING HOT CHICKEN & SWEETCORN SOUP – doesn’t lose any of its ‘memories-of-childhood-experiences-in-Chinese-restaurants’ allure on a bitterly cold Sunday in Sydney – at the Malaysian KL Kitchen in Llangkelly Place, Kings Cross. The egg while whipped through it with a dash of soy is just so delicious. Fair warms the cockles of my …
summer picnic; a green flower-bestrewn meadow on the floor of a wide glacial valley; sheer grey curtains of Alpine rock forming a dramatic backdrop. These scenes in the Lufthansa inflight magazine on my way to Europe truly capture my attention. The article also covers stories of the Catholic Church’s historical post-Reformation Meeting of the Council …
ooking back on the seventeen days spent in East European countries,I have an almost dizzying sense of so many experiences. Some uplifting and exciting; others more of a depressing nature. Up until twenty five years ago, these people were being oppressed under the evil yoke of Russia’s Communism; and before that the tyranny of the …