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Our Christmas celebrations are an expression of our family tradition, our love of food and our faith and I hope you enjoy these photographs which capture special moments. This year, for the first...
View ArticleThe bonds and blessings of family at Xmas
Our Christmas celebrations are an expression of our family tradition, our fondness for food and our faith. It all began on Monday when my son Tyson and I visited my 96-year-old father in his...
View ArticleFrench Alize’s ace words –“Stay really close”
The shocking slaughter of 12 cartoonists and editors in the Charlie Hebdo office in Paris, followed by another four hostage deaths in a Jewish supermarket by home-grown Islamist terrorists, shocked...
View ArticleBeloved Literary Legend dies
One of Australia’s top-selling novelists, Colleen McCullough, who wrote that salacious best-seller, The Thorn Birds, has died on Norfolk Island, aged 77. It was the story of a celibate priest trapped...
View ArticleMarie’s art on Danish Royals’ chocolate box
Hallett Cove naïve artist Marie Jonsson Harrison has pulled off an international artistic coup, with her artwork printed on the prestigious limited edition series for SV Michelsen Chocolate-box in...
View ArticleDelicious dose of French culture d’Adelaide
After the dramatic gathering of the French community to show their “Je Suis Charlie” solidarity, it was time to have French fun once more for French speakers, students and Francophones alike over the...
View Article50 Shades of Drivel
Forget about reading those popular movie reviewers: Here is the first reaction (review) to the film “50 Shades of Grey”, by my astute, wise friend, renowned Adelaide divorce lawyer, Diane Myers. “Dear...
View ArticleSaint Laurent’s story “pure haute couture”
Ze Fashion Party before screening of the film Saint Laurent at the Palace Cinemas last night was a little light on fashion, (there was none) but made up for it with delightful pastries and chocolates –...
View ArticleNew therapy could stem death rate from prostate cancer
The Advertiser today ran a good news story that new therapy could beat the most resistant prostate cancer. The new treatment, which acts on the immune system, achieved almost complete remission in...
View ArticleBastille Day big success despite drama
This year’s Bastille Day breakfast organised by L’Agence Consulaire de France d’Adelaide had an unexpected element of drama. The volcanic eruption in Bali had stranded Adelaide’s honorary French...
View ArticlePoverty to be eliminated by 2030
The pledge by world leaders to end poverty by 2030 is one of the good news stories of the latter half of 2015. The new UN agenda includes 17 Sustainable Development Goals and 169 targets which apply to...
View ArticleRegular exercise can slash breast cancer risk
Hit the pavement running ladies, or hire that exercise bike to stave off breast cancer. According to a French study of postmenopausal women, regular recreational physical activity seems to have a rapid...
View ArticleFeisty Michelle wins big race and our hearts
If ever the Melbourne Cup, Australia’s great horse race, defined us as Australian, it was when the first woman jockey, Michelle Payne rode Prince of Penzance over the finish line at Flemington. It was...
View ArticleAdelaidians can show solidarity with Paris
The Premier of South Australia, Jay Weatherall and Ambassador to France in Australia,Christophe Lecourtier, will be speaking at a public vigil to show support and solidarity for the victims of the...
View ArticleLe premier mot…
Behind the lack of blogging on my website over the past year, I have had a secret project. I have been very busy completing a 100,000 word manuscript telling the story of how I have pulled myself...
View ArticleJockey Michelle beats racing discrimination
Is there a greater thrill in November than enjoying a girlie Melbourne Cup luncheon when trailblazer jockey Michelle Payne became the first woman to win at Flemington? And she was riding my Sweep pick...
View ArticleTourists find Katmandu in recovery mode
My Sydney friend has taken her first post-retirement trip to Nepal to do her bit to boost the tourist industry in that impoverished country,which has suffered from massive earthquakes in May and June...
View ArticleThe Belier Family – fab feel-good French story
The French film, The Belier Family (La Famille Bélier) by director Eric Lartigau makes you think deeply about the disadvantages of being deaf – and it makes you cry – but mostly it makes you laugh. No...
View ArticlePowerful women as change agents in politics and media
Recent appointments and events reflect powerful women at the helm of politics and media. Powerful Google executive, Michelle Guthrie, has been appointed the new head of the ABC following Mark Scott,...
View ArticleAgeing increases risk of breast cancer
It was the telephone call women most fear: The woman speaking calmly to me at the other end of my mobile is advising that I need to return to BreastScreen SA because my rec ent mammogram had shown...
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