Visit to the oncologist
Tuesday, May 17: From elation to trepidation, Olivier and I attend Tennyson Centre to visit his oncologist, Dr Francis Parnis to find out if the hormone treatment is stopping the spread of cancer in...
View ArticleA Date with a Dying Man
Thursday, May 19: We are visiting a gravely ill male friend who is in the latter stages of advanced prostate cancer. It is the hardest task for us because husband Olivier was diagnosed with the same...
View ArticleCelebs and Culture – May 2011
Congratulations to gifted Adelaide naive artist, Marie Jonsson-Harrison, whose work will be shown at the prestigious 4th World Festival of Art Naif Katowice (Naive Art Exhibition) in Poland. Marie and...
View Articletwo for the girls
Grey-power is Good: Here’s a thought which is taking hold on the runways of the world. Since when have teenagers been known to buy haute couture? Well, why should teenagers with nubile bodies be used...
View ArticleStaving Off Ageing:
Yes, it’s a hellava way off, but by the year 2070 scientists expect to have found the key to slowing down the ageing process. Scientists are slowly piecing together the ageing process at the genetic...
View ArticleEn Primeur at The Mill Middleton
Queen Rose releases her two French wines at the Fleurieu. It could well have been in Provence, France on Sunda, May 22 at The Mill at Middleton when Ulithorne winemaker Rose Kentish presented the first...
View ArticleQuack Quack about Le Petit Canard Restaurant in Paris
By SERENA WILLIAMS: One of my “when I retire” fantasies is to have a native duck sanctuary cum farm. The idea would be to create a healthy environment for native ducks and geese and any species that...
View ArticleOmeo: A Gem of a place.
the Great alpine Road at Conner’s Lookout Omeo, with its grand goldrush-inspired buildings, is the idyllic mining town setting for the recent Australian film Patrick Hughes’ Red Hill. Not surprising....
View ArticleLake Eyre – a stunning shimmering inland sea
It’s a phenomenon in our lifetime to peer below at Australia’s vast inland sea – Lake Eyre filled with water, so crystal clear it mirrors the sky. Where once there was only that barren, crusty, salty...
View ArticleCreative Cry from Country
It is ironic that poet and actor Michelle Murray stands in an historic witness box at the South Coast Regional ArtsCentre – once the Goolwa court house, to spin her mythical story of The Black Wedding...
View ArticleVive la France en Australie du Sud
Guests dressed in 18th century French Revolution fashion will feast of an array of classic dishes prepared by InterContinental Hotel’s sous chef, French-born Frederick Boussard at the Bastille Day Gala...
View ArticleAcademic spells out Discourse Analysis for Judges
South Australian communications academic and author, Dr Pamela Schulz, has told a top conference of Australasian judges that the media and politics have “conspired’’ to marginalise them. The opening...
View ArticleA Fitting Birthday Feast for a French-born Fellow
What a surprising birthday gesture it was and so fitting for a French-Australian fellow. Son Tyson and his wife Vanessa came to our island home laden with produce to prepare a fabulous home-cooked...
View Article“The Kids” vote the “old fella” into fame
He calls his wife, Turtle, recycles jokes told in shearing sheds 30 years ago and loves to berate himself as “the old fella’’. However, at 68 years of age, retired Yorke Peninsula farmer, Rod...
View ArticleFlowers at the Intercontinental Hotel
Ever wondered who is the talented florist creating the beautiful floral arrangements at the InterContinental Hotel, formerly the Hyatt Regency on North Terrace, Adelaide. Her name is Kerryn McLeod,...
View ArticleFromages for Olivier
The Cheese platter for Olivier’s birthday – presented with quince paste: Before we tuck into the top selection of cheeses listed below, John Herbig recalls how the Quast family, who lived in Punthari,...
View ArticleJohn Herbig’s harrowing China story
It is one of those harrowing travellers’ tales which bolts one to an armchair instead of flying to explore exotic places. Mt Pleasant man, John Herbig and his wife Sandra, wanted one more overseas trip...
View ArticleFrench chanteuse a classic Femme Fatale
French chanteuse Caroline Nin is set to deliver a fabulous dose of Parisian Cabaret chic in her award-winning show “Scarlet Stories’’ at the Vanguard, in Sydney July 30/31. It will follow her...
View ArticleA watery romance
Adapted from the best-selling novel by Sara Gruen,Water for Elephants, the movie is a Hollywood-style feel-good romantic love story set against the gritty background of 1930s circus life during the...
View Articlebirthdays are beautiful
Birthdays are beautiful ways to celebrate life and love. This year was my first Facebook birthday, which added an exciting new dimension to the many “joyeux anniversaire’’ cards, telephone calls,...
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