Thought for the Day
If they aren't preaching the Parable of the Talents* from pulpits across Canberra this Sunday, then they are, quite literally, missing...
Spear-fishing in the Genealogical Pool
There's a lot of truth to that old adage that you can pick your friends, but not your family. Where the latter are concerned, you simply...
Stephen King, 'The Outsider'
Fresh from his Bill Hodges series, Stephen King's latest offering is another crime story, but with a significant dose of horror at its...
Amazon US - On Time, and On Budget
I promised to provide an update on what may, thanks to Malcolm Turnbull, be my last purchase from Amazon's US site. You might recall that...
Untangling a murky DNA mystery
My late grandmother was always dubious about the pursuit of genealogy - she warned me more than once that I should let sleeping dogs lie,...
The Icing on the Cake ...
Those of you who read my weekend post re. the Turnbull government's GST brain fart and its knock-on effect on Amazon will know that I'm...
Would the last person leaving Australia please switch off the lights ...
I've always been an avid reader. You can't get into my study for books, some on shelves, some piled on top of others, waiting for me to...
Statues in Glass Houses
I received a good deal of feedback over the weekend on both Twitter and Facebook regarding my post about the removal of Confederate...
Monumental Slaves to History
I find the arguments raging in the States over the removal of historic statues fascinating, if only because they reveal how blinkered...
The Gods of Sagittarius
I can't recall the last time I read an Eric Flint book that I didn't like. His 'Belisarius' series was ground-breaking, his 'Rivers of...
