The Toowomba community, of which I am a part, is in a kind of collective post-traumatic state right now. I am sure we are not alone, and that other places are going through the same ordeal. It’s understandable, given the events of this past week; the horror began here last Monday with a deluge that…
An article I wrote about the flood disaster here in southern Queensland was published in today’s Melbourne Sun Herald newspaper and online. The published version was edited, as it needed to be. Thanks to my Editor (doesn’t that sound grand?) for making it a much tighter piece. I thought I’d post the full version here…
[forecast] Since well before Christmas the skies have been open above Queensland. The media have told the stories over and over: an area the size of France and Germany combined is under water. The NASA satellite put images to this fact. People have been evacuated from many towns. Lives and property and animals have been…
We’re in the last week of the year and it’s stocktake time. I’m clearing the shelves for the new year and making all of those resolutions that will be lucky to make it to Easter. Time to think about a list of what to do or not to do in the coming year. Everyone else…
It’s that time of the year when remembering things to be grateful for is on many minds. This one is out of the archives – I published it 2 years ago – but it remains relevant. It popped up in the list of just-read posts on my blog this morning. Here it is I almost…
Ah, yes … some things never change, though I see this ‘Ordinary Voting Officer’ is using a fountain pen. Voting in Brisbane, 1937 Originally uploaded by State Library of Queensland, Australia