Vale Miss Daisy

Farewell to our sweet little Miss Daisy as she joins her wuppie sister.

Colonials?

My definition of a uniquely Australian tribe, The Colonials.

For a man who has had more comebacks than Lazarus, THE Sam Reid may well have played his last game at top level in AFL.

Family legends may not be as they seem and only the family remains unaware.

We say goodbye to our beautiful Rosie after nearly 14 years of love.

“Between the banks of pain and pleasure the river of life flows.”
Read the full quote here

“Is this the beginning of it? Is this what it looks and feels like? The descent into darkness, the disappearance of memory.”

These two displaced kangaroos constitute the “collateral damage” of this ongoing war.

The fears that fuel both sides of the vaccination debate.

A poem I came across recently that has resonated deeply with me.

A little perspective is required to get through a heatwave.

Is your instinctive safety mechanism going off the scale like mine is?

“The past is a place of reference, not a place of residence; the past is a place of learning, not a place of living.”

The real reason for the Robodebt fiasco highlights a sad aspect of our society.

We are all in so much of a hurry to get through this life it seems. And no matter how…

“Expecting life to treat you well because you are a good person is like expecting an angry bull not to charge because you are a vegetarian.”

Do things just happen by accident? The way that I came to read this book made me question that statement.…

“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.”

Who else remembers punched paper tape chads? They were dangerous as my latest post explains.

“The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.”

“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs, but not every man’s greed.”