Since 2002, I’ve been writing here about life, the universe, and everything. My interests include genealogy, history, and the arts. More recently, since July 2023 I’ve been writing about my experiences as a below-the-right-knee amputee.
“Do these chips taste like anything?”, I asked my friends at the pub tonight. The general consensus was the brand of chips I got out of the vending machine had almost completely no taste at whatsoever. “They need some more fat and salt” was the general consesus to explain their lack of flavour. I mean, you don’t eat chips for their nutritional value, do you? They might be low fat and low salt and healthy,…
Swedish class has resumed for the new year, and tonight’s class was loads of fun. Especially now that my friend Grant is back doing classes as well. It was great to have someone to have a chat to before-hand, and a de-brief afterwards. “Why do you think he’s doing the class” and “She seems nice” were amongst the many comments were shared over a beer afterwards, along with one or two which I won’t share…
As I walked along Macquarie Street this afternoon I looked up towards the sky and noticed the words “stay cool”. “What a great idea”, I thought to myself. “It’s a public health warning from the state government”, I believed at first. On a very warm day in Sydney, it was a timely reminder – I thought – of the need do all of those things the health authorities normally warn us to do via the…
I’ve just spent a few hours walking around in the company of historian, Richard Reid. Richard, who works at the National Museum in Canberra is noted for his interest in the history of the Irish in Australia. In particular, his interest in the many young women who came to Australia during or immediately after the Great Famine of the late 1840s. Here in Sydney, the famine is remembered in the Irish Famine Memorial at the…
It was a bit of a do-nothing day to be honest. I went out for a drink with Graeme last night which was loads of fun. And then I woke late today. In between a bit of grocery shopping and cleaning the bathroom, I’ve taken a fair few work-related phone calls. That’s enough for a Saturday, isn’t it?