Senility or Stupidity People say ‘Life begins at Forty’ but neglect to say you are f**ked at fifty. If Life begins at forty why do you have to be a Saga member at all? Sharabang of coffin dodgers singing ‘We’ll meet again’ stopping at every tea shop because of weak…
Strange Alliance Cat plays hero to birds. Goanna attack rebuffed. The bird cries alerted me. A glance from the window confirmed that there was trouble in the tree-tops. Such a gathering of species, from noisy-miner birds, swarming like angry wasps, friendly honey eaters, equally agitated, bold magpies and butcher birds…
Take off your Sunglasses I always wear my sunglasses each time I leave the house. In this part of the world where most of the time the sun shines so bright, a pair of sunglasses is indispensable. They also have become accessories that young people wear even indoors or at…
Deciding where you want to put your pond is very important. Your pond needs to be out of direct sunlight if possible. If this isn’t not an option you can add a bridge to give your pond some shade. It is better if the pond isn’t directly under trees because of falling debris. The pond should be close to electricity and also close enough that you can enjoy it!
“Laugh, and the world laughs with you” “Cry, and you’ll cry alone” My parents were constantly drumming this quotation into me. I can’t remember now why. It might have been because I was a miserable little blighter. Or if might have been because they were getting over the none too…
Aging in America can be a difficult process but it doesn’t have to be one of solitude or isolation. Because an individual is growing older doesn’t mean that they need to be living alongside silence and their recollections as their only source of comfort. Rather, it might make sense that getting older might be made better thru the common support that other societies offer their aging.
Just a Sparrow Two e-mails sent to Tintota (1) EVENING What should I do? Tonight, as I was walking home, I saw a nice cat in the street, so I bent down to say hello. He wasn’t really interested in talking, and he sort of took a step away. I…
I learned early on that the grief at the loss of a loved one never completely goes away. Time and again we remember – and we feel the pain once more. I was 17 when my father passed away. It was the 20th of July, and he’d been in the…
Call me Mom an Australian wildlife carer tells her story. How it all began I had four children. As is the way with kids, when they or their friends came across a bird or little animal in distress, they brought it home to me, hoping that I could ‘do something’.
Beauty versus Pretty Have you ever considered someone beautiful who doesn’t meet society’s superficial definition of beauty? I often find that my perception of beauty in such people comes from responding to a certain glow or a sparkle they unconsciously emit. In the sizzle and high fashion of today’s world,…
The new British anti-smacking law is incredulous. I watched David Dimbleby’s ‘Question time’ last night ( a ‘must see’ for grumpy old men and women who never bothered with politics until their sex life went out of the window) with debate on Parliaments latest ruling on smacking children. Unlike some…
What a lousy experience panic attacks are, a feeling of lost control of your self, the feeling that your on the edge and about to fall off. Is there a solution and am I alone? You are not alone and yes there is a solution.