Personal Reflections

Very slow getting underway in the new year. I'm working on a course. My apologies to all. Interesting article in Vice by Matthew Gau...

Toothless surrounded by Clare's plants And so the year ends and possibly a decade too. I say possibly because these markers are the...

Extinction Rebellion Protesters,  Armidale Climate Strike The noise caught my attention. I had popped into town to have a coffee i...

I suppose that it had to happen. In discussion in another place, a commenter remarked Ok Boomer accompanied by the Boomer Alert Gif. I ...

Have you ever been to a blind tasting carried out to measure consumer reaction to different types of lamb? Certainly I hadn’t! It all ca...

Listening to news reports and commentary over the last few days I find myself submerged. I am reasonably intelligent with significant expe...

Watching the weather radar has become something of an obsession in our little city. Will it rain? Where will it rain? When will it rain? T...

From left to right, Carol Douglas, friend Beverley Marshall, Carol's cousin Richard Clark ready to leave 129 Jeffrey Street for Armid...

I was sitting here yesterday (20 November 19) working away at the computer when I suddenly realised the world had gone from clear to very ...

Each change in life situation brings shifts in perspective. This shift to Armidale is no exception. This short post reflects on one element,...

William Strutt, Black Thursday, February 8, 1851, These fires burnt approximately 5 million hectares, or a quarter of Victoria; 12 live...