As the bushfires rage on and on, now in every state of Australia, the question of how to manage and prevent bushfire prevalence seems not to have been asked? Why not ask indigenous people, who have lived here for 65,000 years or more? Since there were few major bushfires till Europeans arrived, perhaps indigenous people could help solve this problem.Read More »
‘LET’S CATCH UP’ MEANS… ‘LET’S DON’T’
Why do so many conversations end with, ‘We must catch up soon’? In fact it often means, ‘Sorry I ran in to you. I hope we don’t meet again’. Why do we do this?Read More »
The Touchy Business of Touch
Last week a friend gave me a great big hug for Christmas. I hugged her back. This week a friend of a friend passed on her friend’s instructions to give me a hug. I sent a hug back to her. I really appreciated and enjoyed both hugs. Separately, at a group’s Christmas function, contact varied from nothing, to a handshake to a peck on the cheek. So, after two years of #MeToo, how do we stand on touching between sexes?Read More »
SUMMER SKIING: REFLECTIONS ON THE GREAT VICTORIAN BIKE RIDE
Along with 4,000 other riders and one friend, I’ve just completed the Great Victorian Bike Ride (GVBR) – 680kms in 8 days riding through country Victoria (and South Australia, as it turns out) – as part of my 70th year birthday celebrations. It was a wonderful experience in so many ways, but the actual riding reminded me of skiing and the joys that brings. The GBVR is like summer skiing. Here’s why.
MY PERSONAL ‘TRUMP’ MOMENT: FAKE NEWS AT THE BRIDGE CLUB
I believe in truth, in facts, in rational thinking. My beliefs have been seriously challenged by recent political behaviour in several countries. But when my own Bridge Club election was rigged…and our team of law-abiding, business-smart, experienced senior executives was defeated, I realised that Trumpism had reached me…personally. What should I do?Read More »
SEXTING. WHAT IF WE ALL DID IT….?
I read yet another story of a sext gone wrong – sent to the boss or the mother – and wondered why we are so embarrassed by sexts. Here’s a picture of the real me! Shock! Horror! I wondered, how could different thinking solve this problem?Read More »
WHERE DO ALL THE HORSES GO?
In the middle of the current Australian horseracing season, an ABC current affairs program showed disturbing footage of some racehorses being treated badly before being killed at an abbatoirs. Australians were shocked. Various investigations and enquiries were started. One state racing organisation immediately announced a $25m program for better ‘career options’ and treatment for horses at the end of their racing life. But where do all the horses go after they have raced? Read More »
70… : REFLECTIONS ON BEING
So how did it come to this? I’m 70. It’s inconceivable. But it’s real, it’s true. I’ve been planning my 70th birthday year. Now it’s here. As they say on TV, ‘How do you feel?’
Dear Jude
Dear Jude
You say I don’t praise you enough publicly, to our friends and family. So, here goes…Read More »
MY 70TH BIRTHDAY YEAR OF CELEBRATIONS
MY 70TH BIRTHDAY YEAR OF CELEBRATIONS
I’m about to begin my 70th birthday year of celebration. Yes, that’s right, ‘year’. I decided I didn’t want another drinks or dinner party. I decided I wanted a whole year to celebrate…if that’s the right word for turning 70. Here’s why.Read More »
