Random thoughts and observations
I feel that my old school has been wiped from history. I started form one (year seven) at St Paul’s College, Traralgon, in 1979. I progressed to Year 11 at the co-educational Lourdes College in 1983 and finished my high school education there in 1984. These schools no longer exist, because of amalgamations, and their [...]
I admit that we lost contact with organised religion after the twins were born. It required a big effort to get the family to mass and the twins were a handful. Traditional denominations in Australia have lost members partly because they haven’t been family friendly. As congregations grow older it’s hard for parents to take [...]
Psalm 119 is a long and beautiful psalm. I read it tonight and felt inspired to write about it. I tried to find some text online to cut and paste, which was interesting. My hard copy reference was the Good News Bible (1976) I still have from school. The passage I’m interested in is: (v89-90): [...]
It’s hard to believe that our eldest child is now at the age we have to select a secondary school for her in 2006. It seems only a fraction earlier than yesterday that Kathleen was starting primary school. I went with her to orientation nights at Bright P-12 College and Marian College over the last [...]
