Annie Fox, one of my Facebook friends has a habit of placing one word online for comment and possibly because another New Year is nigh, she threw in the word “time’’. Her move followed another conversation with a learned friend, Dr Pamela Schulz, who told me she is researching a “discourse of time” and its […]
How we feel about the ageing process is rarely the hot topic shared spontaneously over coffee. It’s a bit like broaching the subject of sex at a dinner party 60 years ago. Absolutely taboo. However, I found this insightful passage by author Susan Johnson in On Beauty, one of the “Little Books on Big Themes’’ […]
Waterbirds in all their diversity have added a wonderful dimension to our seachange lifestyle. Right now we are busily counting nine ducklings paddling alongside mother duck across the waterway towards our jetty. The babies are being tossed about somewhat in the wake of inclement weather and we breathe a sigh of relief as they all […]
The time of dreaming about our custom-designed retirement home is over. Today we signed off on the pre-construction phase of our new home and behind us are a thousand small decisions about detail. This is as much fun as choosing tiling in a retail showroom to the mundane business of selecting finishes on skirting boards, […]
What a process it has been to reach today – the day I accept a quotation from project builder, Stellar Homes to build our retirement home – at an affordable price. One could think I was something of a masochist to not only build a fourth home in my lifetime, but also to demolish a […]
Water is the current which carries conversation in the river port of Goolwa. And right now, everyone in this strategically positioned town where the River Murray meets the sea is elated that for the first time for many years water has flowed over the Goolwa Barrage. There was a joyful mood at the recent opening […]
my idea of a superwoman is someone who scrubs her own floors
actress Bette Midler
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