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LOCAL AUTHOR SHOCKED
LOCAL AUTHOR SHOCKED!!! Here’s what happened next… Sydney author, Elizabeth Lancaster, expressed utter dismay that she could still be drawn in by clickbait headlines. ‘I try to avoid them,’ said a contrite Lancaster. ‘All the warning signs were there – the ALL CAPS, the exclamation marks, the implausibility. Obviously I’d skipped past WHY I MARRIED …
What\’s Fish Got To Do With it?
As a follow-up to my Local Author Shocked story, I wanted to share a conversation I had with a friend who was a television reporter in New York City some years ago. She had been sent out with a camera crew to cover a report that water had been cut off from an apartment building. …
What Ever Happened to the Southerly Buster?
Summer is over, but the heat remains, and I’m wondering what ever happened to the relief-bringing southerly busters. I know a version of them still exist, but not with the same regularity, and even more rarely where I live. In fact, they seemed to have singled out my very suburb to skirt around. On days …
Why I\’m Not a Travel Writer
Our last visit to San Francisco last January included a trip to Mendocino, a picturesque village with a strong alternative culture in Northern California. While Martin learned the hard way that the sea really is too cold to swim in, I wandered around the village, and took lots of photos, including this curious shot of …
To Whom It May Concern
Does anyone else overthink how to begin and end an email? When emails first overtook letters (or even faxes), the traditional opening of Dear quickly seemed anachronistic, as did the even more stilted sign off of Yours sincerely. Hello was one alternative, but to my ear, it has a stiff, even curt edge to it. …
Styling My Shingles (the medical kind)
I was deleting photos on my phone the other day when I came across a doozy. It was taken last year. I’d avoided Covid but had been hit with every cold that was going around, as well as the hideous RSV virus. But that was all behind me. I wondered why I was still feeling …
The Missing Will
Recently I saw a headline that read something like “Man’s life ‘ruined’ after winning $300M”. Initially I found it hard to be sympathetic. But then I remembered our own disappointing brush with fabulous wealth. Some years ago, my husband Martin announced that he’d been contacted by a lawyer in Berlin regarding the estate of a …
You Really Should See Someone About This!
Week-eleven of lockdown, another mini-vacation cancelled, but, in our case, maybe there\’s a small silver lining because whenever Martin and I drive to a holiday destination, one particular bone of contention arises. Take our last holiday to Port Macquarie back in February. The lead-up was filled with the usual anticipation: plans of reading books, drinking …
City Lights & a Curious Book by Andrea Ponsi
I’m standing in the main section of City Lights Booksellers in San Francisco on my January visit, not knowing where to begin. Turning a full circle on my feet, spines of books fly across my visual field. Then, in the midst of it all, I spot a tempting looking armchair. So almost at random, I …