1+ hour, 22+ min ago   (343+ words) Some of the appreciative audience listening to Bill Wootton The Footy Almanac Poetry Lunch last Friday was another excellent occasion of experiencing the delights of poetry, the cameraderie, and good food all celebrated in an intimate and convivial atmosphere, at…...

17+ hour, 3+ min ago   (826+ words) But sadly, the wine industry is currently under enormous pressure and the market contraction, globally, is big. Yalumba is well placed with generations of family legacy and careful stewardship, but difficult times call for difficult decisions, and indulgences, however powerful,…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (206+ words) Hunters and Collectors (1986) Of course, it is on this album that the horn section of Jack Howard (trumpet), Michael Waters (trombone), and Jeremy Smith (French horn) really came into their own, powerful and instinctive without being overbearing. Tracks such as…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (542+ words) Edward ‘Ned’ Kelly was born in Victoria in December 1854. In 1906, 26 years after his death, The Story of the Kelly Gang graced Australian screens to tell the story of the infamous outlaw bushranger. A silent film, written and directed by Charles…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (799+ words) The Footy Almanac...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (580+ words) Write. From the Heart. It’s ok. Later I did find the well site. In navigation speak, whilst at the right latitude I was awry with the longitude, a little decimal or three. The older male returned on his horse a…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1857+ words) Write. From the Heart. Thanks Bob ~ and happy birthday! In this 11th article in the ‘Dylan Cover Songs – International Style’ series, I take a closer look at the Dylan cover songs that Dylan is claimed to have regarded as his personal…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (673+ words) Write. From the Heart. Mal Anderson has passed and with him goes another fingertip touch with the greatest generation of Australian tennis … that mob who learned to play on courts made from crushed ant hills and then made Australia famous....

4+ mon, 3+ day ago   (562+ words) Write. From the Heart. I see no one else on Tianzhu East Road, running in a Glenelg Tigers jumper. It’s a wide and attractive thoroughfare, lined with parallel sweeps of evergreen trees. On the city side are colossal buildings, dedicated…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1938+ words) Write. From the Heart. Almanac Music: ‘It’s Heartbreak Warfare’ – Songs Referencing War Hi, Almanackers! This piece in my long-running series about key popular song themes concerns songs that in some way reference war. Add a few words of explanation to…...