“Une soiree extraordinaire” @ Limoges
The ghost of the Domaine de la Dame de la Lauriere would have enjoyed this evening’s soiree around the dining room table in the house she once inhabited. That was around 1793 at the time of France’s...
View ArticleDimanche in Paris in Autumn:
The words of that quintessential song about Paris spring to mind and I hum “I love Paris in the fall….when it drizzles’’ which is the weather as I slip inside Sunday morning mass at imposing,...
View Article37 cubic metres of Sea-change
after flaking out for a few hours, he drove me to Hindmarsh Island ahead of the moving van, where I lay on a sleeping bag for a few more hours. I felt as frail as a newborn kitty and here is where the...
View ArticleDemolition becomes Day of Drama
Day one of demolition of our Belair house began badly. We had taken a packed lunch to await the arrival of the bulldozer which was to begin to take down the house. It was already a bare shell,...
View Articlemore water – a lifeline to the river
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...
View ArticleBuilding Belair
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...
View ArticleAll the glory of golden years of modelling
It was a joyous walk down memory lane for former Adelaide models of the 1960s-1980s who attended the GoldenYears of Modelling Reunion at the glitzy new Crown Plaza Hotel on Friday night. And an...
View ArticleHats on for Spring Rose Garden Lunch
Quelle journée magnifique! The Lunch in a Spring Rose Garden was a glorious day, of wine and roses and fashion and delicious food at Carrick Hill to raise funds for Novita, the children’s charity....
View ArticleEx-model, Faye gives BC hope
My journey down the path of breast cancer began with the discover of a cyst in my left breast in 2001. This lump bothered me because I had been on hormone replacement theraphy for 11 years plus a...
View ArticleCourts and Judges on trial by Media
Judges have been the victims of “rougher than usual media treatment’’ through “screaming headlines’’ and sensationalist television footage of controversial judgements, says award-winning Adelaide...
View ArticleQuiet Encounters of a Feathered Kind
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...
View ArticleBeauty Betrays Us
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...
View ArticleRelationships are cornerstone for healthy men
Close relationships can form the cornerstone for a man’s whole life but friendships with other men are also an important source of support and understanding, says the Adelaide Northern Division of...
View ArticleAJA – 100th year
Leak: the new four-letter word. “Leak’’ is the new four-letter word, according to veteran political journalist, Laurie Oakes in accepting the highest accolade in journalism – the 2010 Gold Walkley...
View ArticleBoomers Bubble To Burst as Retirees.
If ever there were prophetic words uttered recently, they were delivered by high profile demographer Bernard Salt to the National Press Club. He gave yet another gripping scenario of what it means for...
View Article100 years of French cultural ties celebrated with haute cuisine.
Alliance Francaise d’Adelaide, affectionately dubbed “the frog pond’ celebrated its 100th anniversary in an unlikely venue – the elite Queen Adelaide Club on Monday night. However, the French language...
View ArticleTime
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...
View ArticleMy Best Christmas:
It is a few days before Christmas in London and I am decking the halls of my daughter’s house with holly and tinsel. The year is 2006 and I have walked down her street – Bernard Gardens – with a pair...
View ArticleElsa an inspirational French teacher
Never has learning French been so inspiring as this week’s lesson in the rose garden of Adelaide’s Botanic Gardens. My French teacher is Argentinian-born and now new Australian citizen, Elsa Rozannes...
View ArticleA moment with Margaret
In the midst of the Christmas shopping frenzy I met an old woman in a wheelchair and she called out to me in barely legible words that she was selling a book for $2 a copy. “It’s a book of my...
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