Here and There – Australia
Here and There – Australia We are very privileged living in Australia. Down at the bottom of the world, and a long way from [...]
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09, 2023
The Owl Service
The Owl Service Returning to a book you’d enjoyed many years ago but has been unread since can be an unpredictable experience. The second [...]
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09, 2023
Here and There – Olinda Victoria
Here and there - Olinda, Victoria When we moved to Australia, the family first lived in Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia. However, [...]
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09, 2023
Ways of Seeing
Ways of Seeing It seems such an insubstantial volume now, and yet it had a huge impact on me when I bought it, an [...]
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09, 2023
The Voice
Special: Australian Referendum on ‘The Voice’ The Australian Constitution’s Section 128 explains the process for altering the Constitution: “This Constitution shall not be altered [...]
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08, 2023
A Wrinkle in Time
DD17 – A Wrinkle in Time I guess it is difficult now to understand the impact of Madeleine L’Engle’s book, A Wrinkle in Time [...]
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08, 2023
Here and There – Italy
Here and There – Italy It is easy to believe that Italy was a country designed for tourists. Not all of Italy, perhaps. There [...]
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08, 2023
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time Looking back twenty years, it’s difficult now to remember the first time I read Mark [...]
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08, 2023
Here and There – South Africa and the Northern Territory
Here and there – South Africa and Northern Australia Reviewing topics in these ‘here and there’ blogs, they share one obvious similarity. While they [...]
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07, 2023
Peter Rabbit
Peter Rabbit I wish I had a better memory, especially for my earlier years. Like most people, I suspect, I only remember odd events, [...]