“For after all the best thing one can do when it is raining, is to let it rain.” - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The first winter’s day in Melb...

"The smell of good bread baking, like the sound of lightly flowing water, is indescribable in its evocation of innocence and delight....

"The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother." - Theodore M. Hesburgh The United Nations Gen...

“It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.” - Albert Einstein I was in Sydney for the day for work an...

“Perhaps catastrophe is the natural human environment, and even though we spend a good deal of energy trying to get away from it, we are pro...

“Oh what a tangled web we weave, When first we practise to deceive!” – Sir Walter Scott OK, I must admit it, when I was young I used to love...

“God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.” - Rudyard Kipling Berthe Morisot (born Jan. 14, 1841, Bourges, France - died ...

“Ah why refuse the blameless bliss? Can danger lurk within a kiss?” – Samuel Taylor Coleridge The memory of our first kiss can stay with us ...

“Cookery has become a noble art, a noble science; cooks are gentlemen.” - Robert Burton The pavlova is a very popular dessert in both Austr...

"You owe me five farthings" say the Bells of St. Martin's – Folk rhyme I’m still in Perth and this morning I enjoyed a walk d...

“A good traveller has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.” - Lao Tzu Greetings from Perth! I am here for work and enjoying the ve...

“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” - Albert Einstein The powerful forces of nature have yet again wrea...

“Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.” - Peter Ustinov For Movie Monday today, four movies we have recently watched and a mixed b...

“To believe with certainty we must begin with doubting.” - Stanislaw Leszczynski This Sunday is called St Thomas’ Sunday in the Greek Ortho...

“The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.” Alexander Chalmers A Greek song for ...

“If people take the trouble to cook, you should take the trouble to eat.” Robert Morley Spring has sprung in the Northern hemisphere and ...

“Winter is on my head, but eternal spring is in my heart.” – Victor Hugo Today is Mayday , traditionally a day associated with the welcoming...

“This is how it feels when it's all over This is just the way a true love ends” – John Denver The last night of April tonight and this p...

“To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.” - Jane Austen There is a special kind of activity...

“My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.” - Henry Ford We watched a wonderful French movie at the weekend. It was Patrice L...