Last week, as I started writing this article, the telephone rang. It was a sales rep from a fabric manufacturing and dyeing company.  “I…
On September 13th 2013 Voyager I became the first manmade object to leave the solar system. Attached to the spaceship, on a gold disc, is gr…
My wife and I were celebrating our 34th wedding anniversary and decided to visit one of our favourite gardens in the Melbourne hills. Â The…
I came home from work and opened my front door. The first thing I noticed as I came in the front door was a trail of bright pink post-it not…
In Australia, we live in what I call a ‘high trust’ society. We tend to take people at their word.  For example, imagine you are at a …
I was doing my regular run pacing myself to my music at 142 beats a minute. All of a sudden this young man – well, young compared to me  
Like many weekend handymen, I have a shed full of tools I use only occasionally. This weekend I pulled out my power saw and expected a perfe…
I find Monday morning the most challenging time of the week. It is in the first few hours of Monday my mind drags up all my fears and doubts…
I had been making good time travelling to an appointment; however, as I came around a corner I was confronted by road works. I had planned m…
While watching the film She’s the Man, one line stood out to me. Viola, dressed as a man, is coaching Duke on how to get a woman to like h…
