Many years a go I gave a talk at a radio club entitled “Your Life As A Radio”. It was a play on the fact that I was speaking to a group of radio buffs and the person who introduced me referred to Monte Python’s “And now for something completely different”, a very appropriate description. … Continued
The house we live in has a large fig tree (as well as apples, grapefruit, lemons, avocados and more but we aren’t talking about the entire garden). When we moved in, last October, it was covered in tiny fig buds. We were very excited by the prospect of lots of figs and were watching with … Continued
The property we live on (and rent) has a number of horses agisted ie most of the paddocks have horses, who also pay rent. Last week, Shirley, one of the horse owners moved the fence so that her herd was able to access (and hence control) some new grass. This new fence runs along the … Continued
Warning: this post contains medical procedures. My big adventure this week was having a needle stuck in my eye. While a common expression indicating an activity we’d prefer not to engage in, is often compared with “sticking pins in my eyes” as in “Go out with him/her? I’d rather stick pins in my eyes.” that’s … Continued
This weekend Danita was in Hobart with a group of friends from her school days. It never ceases to amaze me that they are still hanging out together after decades (I won’t tell you how many). Before she left on Thursday, I had asked about doing something before she left. It involved about 15 minutes. … Continued