Adullamite

  Because a bug attached itself to me I have managed to lose almost half a stone by not eating. Today however, I began to eat.  I put some c...

During the Great War Australia and New Zealand  provided a great many men for the war.     Some 60,284 Australian men died. Around 18,000 ...

  A slight touch of fog this morning.  A slight touch that did not remove itself until around 4 pm, at which time the sun had already gone d...

2GB At last a break from Brexit, or is it?  A mass shooting in far off New Zealand might not at first sight be connected to the rich ER...

I was surprised by the heat as I wandered out this lunchtime.  It appears we have anther short summer this week.  Hot tomorrow then tempe...

As I walked into the somewhat murky gardens this afternoon I noted this sign glaring at me and I wondered about common sense and stupidit...

Amateur Photographer There has been much made recently of the sufferings of the Japanese people, always referred to as 'innocen...

  The ANZACs Much of this morning was taken up with watching the ceremony at the Cenotaph for the ANZAC Day commemorations.  The nex...

As the sun rose majestically, spreading its bright yellow rays across the town, the birds in the park hesitated a moment from chomp...

My eyes! My eyes! This has been my view all day, this laptop and screens of missing men!  Five from the first war and two from the sec...

 My best looking and most intelligent niece contacted me tonight asking:-  'Who are you writing for when you are writing your Bl...

For over  a week now I have ignored the news for the most part.  Instead of rummaging through the papers each morning I listen to t...

By the time I slogged wearily off towards the veg stall in the market the sun was situating itself low in the morning sky.  It bright...

As I perambulated about this morning on my bike, that is if perambulate is the word, I passed this man.  Interestingly he is parked opp...

The Huffington Post The Brisbane floods have left around 40 known dead, and possibly many more to come after the clean up has begun. Rig...