Fizzy DSK drink shameful
Things are lurching from bad to worse in France with news that a fizzy drink with so-called aphrodisiac qualities has been launched under the initials of disgraced International Monetary Fund boss...
View ArticleSweden swings and Germany surprises
Intrepid world traveller Heather Caddick writes from Sweden, where her family now lives. “We are all steaming along and loving the Swedish summer, where intrepid Swedes have dumped tons of white sand...
View ArticleGrief, joy, a strange emotional mix
What a strange juxtaposition of emotions my life has become. Husband’s death has plunged me into excruciating grief and now a beautiful new grand-daughter has been born lighting up my life like the...
View ArticlePolice attend Joan’s protest
On and off-camera behaviour of zany comedian Joan Rivers invariably borders on the ridiculous, but news that she handcuffed herself to a shopping trolley sets new heights. A snippet of news from the...
View ArticleCandles in cathedrals lit for Olivier
Our life-long friends, Rob and Chris Nicholls had a wonderful lunch (with French wine) with Olivier and myself at our Belair home when they visited from Queensland on Sunday 6th May (see photo). We...
View ArticleZany Joan breaks boundaries
On and off-camera behaviour of zany comedian Joan Rivers invariably borders on the ridiculous, but news that she handcuffed herself to a shopping trolley sets up a new shock. A snippet of news from the...
View ArticleBrown’s long magazine life a “Sex-cess”
Long-time editor of Cosmopolitan, Helen Gurley Brown, whose magazine mantra metamorphised the sex lives of modern women, has died in a New York hospital after a short illness. She was aged 90. The...
View ArticleCheryl’s works pure exotica
The exotic home of artist designer Cheryl BridgArt is the ideal venue for exhibiting her “unfinished Journey” exhibition as part of SALA Festival of Art Lovers 2012 event (South Australian Living...
View ArticleOne helluva hound-dog day
Oscar has led a dangerous doggie life of late. His adventures had already seen him find his way through the garden hedge which edges a steep cliff-face drop to our lower barbecue area. NO worries,...
View ArticleBlossoms everywhere herald Spring
What an idyllic beginning to Spring! September 1 dawns a delightful day. Azure blue, cloudless skies, balmy sunshine, soft breezes and a temperature which passes 20. After such a long, cold, wet...
View ArticleTutti Kids “beautiful” performers
It was a charming event entitled “Beautiful Me, Beautiful Us Caberet when Tutti Kids, children with intellectual disabilities performed at Novita Theatre, Regency Park recently. I had seen Hot...
View ArticleCREATIVITY CREATES SUCCESS AND MONEY AFTER RETIREMENT
They call him the stick dresser and her a soap maker, but Doug Storton and Kaye Quinn reflect how a growing number of people find artistic success once they retire. Doug’s shepherd crooks and Kaye’s...
View ArticlePowerful Message of Peace Within
It was eerie déjà vu and I could hardly believe the words my friend was uttering at the end of the telephone. She was describing a painting she had bought many years ago of a magnificent horse standing...
View ArticlePink heralds pretty Spring garden
My new garden is a picture of pink blooms in its first Spring. Pink roses flower prolifically, countless pink field carnations, chorus-like, nod in the wind and a border of pink daisies form a splash...
View ArticleSpring breaks through winter of grief
My springtime garden is a picture of blooming flowers and the sun shines warmly to welcome an idyllic day. I can appreciate such beauty now, but six months ago to this day, another Friday, my...
View ArticleScarlett’s Baptism Brings Family Joy
How strange that this morning I awake with a song in my head which is a popular wedding hymn. Its words “This is the day which the Lord Hath made’’ run through my mind and it strikes me that this day...
View ArticleOz film industry created our own heroes – Jack Thompson
In 40 years, the Australian film industry has grown up from infancy and “given us a voice on screen” by telling our own stories with Aussie actors portraying familiar characters says veteran actor...
View ArticleOscar survives another misadventure
Pretty puppy pooch, Oscar. has had another dramatic event which had him screaming for his life. My dear friend, Sheryl, dog-sits Oscar often because she has two doggies of her own – an old shi tsu...
View ArticleThe “old bugger” meets the new babies
It is hard to determine who is the more fragile – my father Frank, who turned 94 a few weeks ago, or his new great-grand-daughter, Scarlett Rose Williams, who has been placed carefully into his frail...
View ArticleWark’s Wonderful World of Words
Lyceum Club senior-vice-president, Marguerite Wark has won a special prize in the Writers’ Week competition and shares her delightful words with us. “Writers’ Week – my favourite week in the year –...
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