The comings, the goings and some other things in between
For the benefit of those reading this from a foreign shore, our island home, Australia, is currently mid way through a federal election campaign. Like most election campaigns throughout the world, this campaign has a number of slogans that are constantly being drilled into our ears in the hope of provoking some kind of emotional … More My Issue With “Stopping the Boat People”
John Lennon’s legendary lyrics still resonate in a world that has change a lot since his passing more than 30 years ago. I remember hearing this song for the first time when I was young as my Dad played Lennon’s album on our new CD player. The fact that I could skip to a particular … More Life is what’s happening to you while you’re busy making other plans
Today Collingwood star, Harry O’Brien made a heartfelt plea for privacy from the media and the public as he deals with personal issues, including thoughts of suicide and depression as a result of sexual abuse. While the details of the incidents that O’Brien has suffered have not been released to the public, I think it … More Harry O’Brien and an Unspeakable Reality: It’s Time to Speak Up
Have I told you the one about the time I had to scrub live coral out of my friend’s skull with a toothbrush? For someone who usually needs an anti-nausea pill at the sight of blood and guts, I got an odd satisfaction out of jamming an old toothbrush into the gash on his head … More Have I told you about the time when…?
Every Thursday night I rush home from work, open a bottle of red and begin cooking. Not just the usual slap together of whatever may be in the fridge but something different and exciting. Unfortunately, I don’t have time to cook every night of the week but Thursday is cooking night for me. After all, … More A Farmer’s Life for Me?
The boys about to depart for Pamplona. It is amazing what fear can do to a man. Fear can force you to perform feats that were previously thought impossible. Fear can drive you to keep going when all seems lost and hopeless. Fear, it turns out, can take a man from a drunken stupor to … More A Whole Lot of Bull (Run)
There is much to be said for travelling. I am not talking about a week in Phuket on daddy’s credit card, I mean really getting away from the everyday and immersing yourself in something completely foreign to what you know as your familiar existence at home. How many of us will, god willing years from … More Nothing to My Name, and Happy
I have been fighting an internal battle of late. The voice in the back of my mind is telling me that no one in their right mind is interested in reading my thoughts, the everyday happenings of my life and my opinions on the mundane events that make up the world in which we live … More Crescent Head: A Heaven on Earth
The weather is getting cooler and the days shorter here in the Southern Hemisphere. I’m not complaining though. The surf has been good, the ocean temperature is still warm and the mornings are producing some of the best sunrises I have seen all year. I have some ideas floating around my head for a new … More Winter’s Coming and the Sunrises Just Keep On Keeping On.
In what has been my greatest DIY undertaking, my Dad (PappaLouie) and I recently installed a wall unit/ storage cupboard in the lounge room of my apartment. Before I go any further it is important to note that I am by no means a DIY genius, so for a project of this magnitude I had … More DIY Extraordinaire!
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