Reflections on loss and life. The price we pay for love is grief. The death of a long-term friend raises lots of questions and challenges. Although I am now in the “My Aged Care” generation, I like to think of myself as being in midlife, provided I live to be 140! As...
Grief is never what you expect it to be. Each death is different and gives rise to its own unique feelings and expressions. Each person who grieves does so from their own experiences and circumstances. There are tragic deaths, unexpected deaths, shocking deaths and...
We have a couple of fires at our place to provide warmth over the cold days and nights of winter. My favourite fire is the large outdoor brazier I made from an old water filter. It is about 1 meter in diameter and about the same in height. It is made of thick steel...
It is now four weeks since the ABC Four Corners program screened footage of the tear-gassing of six boys being held in isolation at the Don Dale Youth Detention Centre in Darwin, exposing one of the darkest incidents in the history of juvenile justice in Australia....
I hit a kangaroo. I truly did not see the kangaroo until it collided with the car. It was travelling at full speed and in a single jump it was plumb in front of the car. It’s one of those incidents that leaves you asking, “What if I’d been 10 seconds later, or...
