– With Dr Susan Merrell
This story is something I wrote back in 2017, it is allegorical and it represented the political situation in the general elections of Papua New Guinea at the time and was almost prophetic in its accuracy. The situation of my political commentary also has some analogous features with the bullfight. There is much to be […]
Ah memories. It’s been well over a decade since friend, Ora and I, walked the 70 kms of the beautiful Queen Charlotte Track on the northern tip of the southern island of New Zealand – from Ship Cove to Anakira. Here’s something I wrote back then: Sounds Wonderful The Blistered Foot Café sits on the […]
It was around seven years ago that I first discovered Arles. I was on a train from the Languedoc in south west France to the Cote D’Azur (The Riviera) in the south east to meet my brother at Cannes, where the annual film festival was in progress. One of the stops along the way – […]
Some people consider that a hotel is just somewhere to sleep and if it’s clean and the bed’s OK, then it’s OK – I’m not one of those. I’ve never been too good at roughing it for the sake of frugality alone. Having said that, I also have champagne taste on a beer budget…well… not […]
…concurrent events such as retirement, redundancy, menopause and death can exacerbate the problem. Sure, but so could dropping the iron on your foot. As the year draws to a close and many sons and daughters complete their education and get ready to fly the nest, mothers may be wondering “what now?” – or maybe they […]
