Birdlife sets peaceful pace on Hindmarsh Island
It is deepest winter on Hindmarsh Island, but the prolific water birds, are unconcerned this chilly August morning. The swans are preening themselves, a lone pelican floats along the river, a heron...
View ArticleBuilding Belair
What a process it has been to reach today – the day I accept a quotation from project builder, Stellar Homes to build our retirement home – at a price we can afford. About 16 months ago, in April last...
View ArticleWine, roses, art and un certain French flair.
The glittering gift store at Chateau Barrosa, in the Barossa Valley may well be named All That Jazz, but it oozes French style thanks to the creative flair of Lena Thumm. Lena, married to Dieter Thumm,...
View ArticleEscoffier – King of Chefs – Founder of French Haute Cuisine
French chef Auguste Escoffier was unquestionably one of the greatest chefs the world has known and is hailed by all the best chefs today as “The King of Chefs”. He was the genius who masterminded the...
View ArticleRed buses, red telephone boxes and black taxis
RED double decker buses, red telephone boxes on streets and countless boxy, black taxis lined up at Heathrow Airport. It must be London. The wonders of air travel dawn on me as I take a bright blue...
View ArticleLondon – a real life Monopoly board
Life in London is like living on a Monopoly board, stationed as we are at the Royal Air Force Club on Piccadilly for the next two days. I arrived yesterday and took a taxi from Heathrow to Mayfair...
View ArticleGerard Depardieu – mauvaises manieres
He is probably the most famous face on French films, yet Gerard Depardieu’s recent rude outburst against fellow French actor Juliette Binoche reeks of sour grapes. The star of 50 films, Mme Binoche is...
View ArticleGrandma’s cooking capers
I am on grandma duty in my daughter Serena’s London home, while she celebrates a late birthday high tea with husband, Jon, at Claridges. My three grandkids – two boys aged 8 and 6 and a three year old...
View ArticleCuisine, culture from OZ to Cordon Bleu-Paris
Ooh la la! I will speak at Le Cordon Bleu Paris. The exciting spin-offs from my book From France With Love continues with an extraordinary offer to address students at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris this...
View ArticleA class act @ Le Cordon Bleu Paris
Voila ! Today unfolds as an extraordinary entree to France’s exotic cuisine culture as I watch Le Cordon Bleu chef Philippe Clergue teach advanced students in Paris. I had to earn my place in his...
View ArticleDemolition becomes Day of Drama
Day one of demolition of our Belair house began badly. We had taken a packed lunch to await the arrival of the bulldozer which was to begin to take down the house. It was already a bare shell,...
View Articlemore water – a lifeline to the river
Water is the current which carries conversation in the river port of Goolwa. And right now, everyone in this strategically positioned town where the River Murray meets the sea is elated that for the...
View ArticleBuilding Belair
What a process it has been to reach today – the day I accept a quotation from project builder, Stellar Homes to build our retirement home – at an affordable price. One could think I was something of a...
View ArticleAll the glory of golden years of modelling
It was a joyous walk down memory lane for former Adelaide models of the 1960s-1980s who attended the GoldenYears of Modelling Reunion at the glitzy new Crown Plaza Hotel on Friday night. And an...
View ArticleHats on for Spring Rose Garden Lunch
Quelle journée magnifique! The Lunch in a Spring Rose Garden was a glorious day, of wine and roses and fashion and delicious food at Carrick Hill to raise funds for Novita, the children’s charity....
View ArticleEx-model, Faye gives BC hope
My journey down the path of breast cancer began with the discover of a cyst in my left breast in 2001. This lump bothered me because I had been on hormone replacement theraphy for 11 years plus a...
View ArticleCourts and Judges on trial by Media
Judges have been the victims of “rougher than usual media treatment’’ through “screaming headlines’’ and sensationalist television footage of controversial judgements, says award-winning Adelaide...
View ArticleMedia Bullying Judges
Violent headlines and “angry language’’ by the media is bullying judges and having a negative impact on public opinion, according to retired High Court Judge, Justice Michael Kirby. And he listed a...
View ArticleA rose by the name of David Ruston
It was a rare treat to join the acclaimed rose identity David Ruston on a tour of his world-renowned rose garden and his early 20th century home at Renmark, in South Australia’s Riverland. David was...
View ArticleHearing loss
An interesting Lifestyle and Hearing Health Survey arrived on my desk this week from Dr Ross Walker, one of Australia’s leading preventative health specialist and because my father Frank, is deaf, I...
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