My own Joyeux anniversaire
Today is my first birthday since Olivier died and I have been dreading it. Usually Olivier would greet me with “Joyeux anniversaire cherie’’ and hand me his gift while I was still in bed. I would...
View ArticleRoses to bring Magic to Memorial Garden
It’s Thursday, July 19 and I am about to begin colouring in my garden. I have donned by new gardening gloves and am busy working in my fledgling hillside garden with a good friend, who has brought a...
View ArticleLocal Community Life Lifts the Sad Spirit
The first rule for travelling with grief (because it is impossible to shrug off the process) is to get out of the house regularly. Friends have been fabulous taking me to small social events, but it...
View ArticleMy new grand-daughter
Joyful news at last! On July 26, a new grand-daughter was born to great excitement and I share this amazing family event in two articles – Sweet Scarlett Sweeps Sadness Aside and an emotional piece...
View ArticleSweet Scarlett Rose sweeps sadness aside
Joy of Joys! I am a grandmother again because today my daughter-in-law Vanessa gave birth to a daughter, making my son, Tyson, a first-time father. Our happiness at this safe delivery of Scarlett...
View ArticleScuttlebutt and sexism spices up French politics
France’s First Lady, Valerie Trierweiler has vowed to count to 10 before posting anymore tweets following the fallout when she sent a twitter which ruined the political chances of her rival, the French...
View ArticleFizzy DSK drink shameful
Things are lurching from bad to worse in France with news that a fizzy drink with so-called aphrodisiac qualities has been launched under the initials of disgraced International Monetary Fund boss...
View ArticleSweden swings and Germany surprises
Intrepid world traveller Heather Caddick writes from Sweden, where her family now lives. “We are all steaming along and loving the Swedish summer, where intrepid Swedes have dumped tons of white sand...
View ArticleGrief, joy, a strange emotional mix
What a strange juxtaposition of emotions my life has become. Husband’s death has plunged me into excruciating grief and now a beautiful new grand-daughter has been born lighting up my life like the...
View ArticlePolice attend Joan’s protest
On and off-camera behaviour of zany comedian Joan Rivers invariably borders on the ridiculous, but news that she handcuffed herself to a shopping trolley sets new heights. A snippet of news from the...
View ArticleBlossoms everywhere herald Spring
What an idyllic beginning to Spring! September 1 dawns a delightful day. Azure blue, cloudless skies, balmy sunshine, soft breezes and a temperature which passes 20. After such a long, cold, wet...
View ArticleLove, Two Lipsticks and a Lover to be French!
My new habit of reading each morning and night has unlocked some delightful books in my bookshelf which have not been opened for years. Two, in particularly – both outrageously Francophilic – have...
View ArticleBe Happy Today
Here are some uplifting words for anyone feeling the weight of the passing years. I found the birthday card which has been in a drawer for years and now I send it to you to endorse those lovely...
View ArticleBoomers and their bags reveal gen gap.
Here is a light-bulb moment from baby boomer, Gilly Joschke, a teacher at Adelaide’s prestigious Seymour College. “I did an interesting activity with my year 8 students this week. I asked them to...
View ArticleBoomers are chameleons in societal change
No-one told me book clubs were so interesting, not so much because of the books under discussion, but by the real life circumstances of the women attending. When my friend Glenda asked me to be a...
View ArticlePrevention a Focus for New Cancer Centre
About half of all cancers are caused by lifestyle factors and behavioural change strategies could save lives, says South Australia’s Minister for Health and Ageing, John Hill. He was speaking at the...
View ArticleTutti Kids “beautiful” performers
It was a charming event entitled “Beautiful Me, Beautiful Us Caberet when Tutti Kids, children with intellectual disabilities performed at Novita Theatre, Regency Park recently. I had seen Hot...
View ArticleCREATIVITY CREATES SUCCESS AND MONEY AFTER RETIREMENT
They call him the stick dresser and her a soap maker, but Doug Storton and Kaye Quinn reflect how a growing number of people find artistic success once they retire. Doug’s shepherd crooks and Kaye’s...
View ArticlePowerful Message of Peace Within
It was eerie déjà vu and I could hardly believe the words my friend was uttering at the end of the telephone. She was describing a painting she had bought many years ago of a magnificent horse standing...
View ArticlePink heralds pretty Spring garden
My new garden is a picture of pink blooms in its first Spring. Pink roses flower prolifically, countless pink field carnations, chorus-like, nod in the wind and a border of pink daisies form a splash...
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