A beautiful big baby boy is born – Zachary
Our family has welcomed a big, beautiful baby boy following the safe delivery of Zachary Graham Williams, first son – and second child – of my son Tyson and his wife, Vanessa in Melbourne over the...
View ArticleBeautiful baby Zachary brings blessings
April has been a month of high excitement. Baby Zachary Graham Williams, born the first week, presented as my fifth grand-child, a big baby boy weighing 4.12 kilograms and 51 centimetres long. A fine...
View ArticleHollande’s private life pales his presidency
There’s always something happening with ‘sex’ and the French! And presently, French president, Francois Hollande is the star act. He continues to court emotional and political disaster because of his...
View ArticleSome Days Are Diamonds for Sisters
My sister Anne has a crammed life, but today we shared some incredibly uplifting sisterly events. On the eve of Mothers Day, we bought chrysanthemums from a road stall and visited our mother, Florrie’s...
View ArticleWorld-famous women must inspire teens
News about three outstanding women of the world today deserve attention as female role models – Hilary Clinton, Dr Catherine Hamlin and world renowned primate expert and conservationist, Dame Jane...
View ArticleSecurity skipped in scramble to leave Paris
My dear French friend, Dominique Bievre, who lives in Valance, France recently visited Paris and then got caught in the crippling SNCF rail transport strike. As soon as he arrived home, he sent this...
View ArticleHicks gives goss on Hollywood stars
Oscar-winning Welsh actor, Anthony Hopkins can be “really stroppy’’, Clive Owen brings “a laugh onto the movie set’’, and Catherine Zeta-Jones is “so unpretentious’’, says renowned Australian film...
View ArticleA flurry of happenings make life a joy
Some days simply need to be endured, such as today which is my late husband’s birthday – the third since he died two years ago last month. Yes there is sadness on such an anniversary, but it is also...
View ArticleFooty culture flavours family life
AFL football has gained new-found interest in my life since my team – Port Power – reached top of the AFL championship ladder and this elation has been a great conversation booster over the past few...
View ArticleChild-bearing, birthing, bonding & back-to-work.
One thing that fascinates me about the current feisty debate around Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s “signature” Paid Parental Leave proposed policy is that women, themselves, are not hailing this...
View ArticlePivotal day of Peace once more for Parisians
August 25, 2014 – Another pivotal day in the history of France, which we should remember if we love to visit the City of Light, or the City of Lovers, whatever suits your situation. Today, 70 years...
View ArticleA Snake Sneaks into my Spring garden
It began as one of those lovely lazy spring days, which erupted into fright when the bloke visiting the house shouted “There’s a snake behind you!”. A nonisecond beforehand, he was quietly reading a...
View ArticleFlowers fertilise the soul
If flowers fertilise the soul, then my spring garden with its gorgeous crop of fancy irises and first rose blooms are the reason for my tranquil pleasure. The lavender bushes are in flower, the herbs...
View ArticleArt Gallery to show iconic Paris fashion
Adelaide fashionistas have an exciting – and rare – chance to visit an amazing exhibition of some of the most famous post-war fashion masterpieces ever created by the world’s top designers at the Art...
View ArticleA moving funeral to farewell infant Jayden
It is a beautiful Adelaide Hills garden setting and we are gathered in rows of white plastic chairs, not for a wedding, but for the saddest event. There is a tiny white coffin sitting on a...
View ArticleMy family wins table at Heston’s Fat Duck
Pity it wasn’t one of those multi-million dollar lotteries, but from the exhilaration from my son Tyson’s household you would think they had won the jackpot. However, in an exciting win, his wife,...
View ArticleBoomers’ unlikely to enjoy long Bucket List
If there is one thing which will keep ageing Baby Bpomers in the work force is the realisation that their long “bucket list’’ of activities for retirement will be unachievable. According to new...
View ArticlePeter leaves an Australia-wide wine legacy
Congratulations to renowned viticultural researcher and educator, Peter Dry, who has won the 2014 Maurice O’Shea Award for his outstanding service to the Australian wine industry over 40 years. He...
View ArticleMichael’s batting an innings into his 70s
On a much more joyful note, here is a photograph of quite a famous South Aussie Master of cricket – Michael Willson, who sent this snap of himself hooking the ball at the Australian Over 70s National...
View ArticleCricket bats and caps signal national grief
Never have cricket bats been such a poignant symbol of culture. Neighbours were among countless Adelaideans who placed cricket bats and caps on their properties as a sign of respect – and sadness –...
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