Random thoughts and observations
We’re coming up towards the 70th anniversary of the devastating 1939 bushfire. Dozens of people were killed and many properties destroyed. My uncle Michael was one who lost his life and my father’s family home was burnt to the ground. Dad was aged 3 at the time. The picture to the right shows Dad (Peter) [...]
I don’t recall having a “graduation ceremony” when I finished primary school in 1978, but it seems to be in vogue now. Michael graduated from Suttontown Primary School tonight. It’s a small school on the edge of Mount Gambier with just over 100 students. We were fortunate to enrol him there, because we are on [...]
These are two pictures I took today. The one of Jim and Sooty shows how quickly the pup’s hair is growing back. I bought the kids a mini trampoline today from a discount store, marked down from $50 to $25. I’ve installed Disqus comments to use with my Flickr photos published on this site. If [...]
I don’t mean for this blog to become political, but those are the things that are interesting to me at the moment. I’m intrigued by the appeal of Sarah Palin to many Americans and the apparent mediation in Zimbabwe. Along with the ongoing WA election saga there would be plenty to write about. Instead, I [...]
I don’t tend to analyse my own life too much. Whatever will be, will be. I try to plan ahead, but mostly take things as they come. On reflection though, the last six months have probably been the toughest I’ve experienced. The news of Dad’s terminal cancer just under a year ago knocked me around.
