“Coffee makes us severe, and grave, and philosophical.” Jonathan Swift The day dawned gray and dreary today, so it was a lazy breakfast w...

“It is better to rise from life as from a banquet - neither thirsty nor drunken.” – Aristotle One of the most concerning and recurring it...

“I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelve...

“By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth.” - Bible - Song of Songs, Solomon A date to remember today, 20102010! Funny how we ...

“Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.” - William Shakespeare I was printing a confidential document on a shared colour printer at wor...

“Faster, faster, faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death.” - Hunter Thompson
 Last weekend we saw the 2001 Tony Sco...

“A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no un...

“Some people walk in the rain, others just get wet.” - Roger Miller Last night we had quite storm – rain lashing down, at some stage hail...

“Vegetables are the food of the earth; fruit seems more the food of the heavens.” - Sepal Felicivant The weather all along the southeaste...

“The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment; but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triu...

“Spring is sooner recognised by plants than by men.” - Chinese Proverb Oh, how Winter dawdles this year! It’s been so long and even thoug...

“For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.” - William Penn News this morning of the death Joan Sutherland, “...

“Why should people go out and pay money to see bad films when they can stay home and see bad television for nothing?” - Samuel Goldwyn We...

“Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life.”  - – Rachel Carson Just recently, ...

“Spring passes and one remembers one’s innocence. Summer passes and one remembers one’s exuberance. Autumn passes and one remembers on...

“Be a fearless cook! Try out new ideas and new recipes, but always buy the freshest and finest ingredients, whatever they may be. Furn...

"The Sun, with all the planets revolving around it, and depending on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as though it had nothi...

“All love is vanquished by a succeeding love.” - Ovid Well they say that in Spring a young man’s thoughts turn to love. Maybe not only a ...

The days in Brisbane went extremely well despite the problems with the technology. I was able to recover my presentations from the injured ...

I am in Brisbane for work for a couple of days and I have been hit by rather unfortunate ill luck. I was working on a presentation on my co...