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The Mansion And The Rose Garden4 comments

Anne wrote 3 months ago: >< Woodlands replete with little angels >< Thirty minutes west of  Melbourne’s CBD … more →

Tags: werribee park, Werribee Mansion, miss fisher's murder mysteries, Wyndham Mansion, Sculpture Walk, Catholic Seminary 1923 to 1973, Corpus Christi College, Werribee Hotel and Spa

Melbourne Art Fair August 20124 comments

Anne wrote 9 months ago: Two of my faves at the Art Fair held at Carlton Exhibition Centre: >< by James Morrison > … more →

Tags: Melbourne Art Fair August 2012, Caleb Cluff Photographer

Archibald Prize 20122 comments

Anne wrote 10 months ago: My partner and I visited the TarraWarra Museum of Art in the Yarra Valley on Sunday to view this yea … more →

Tags: Tarrawarra Museum of Art, art for art's sake, Archibald Prize 2012, Tim Storrier, Kate Tucker, Vincent Fantauzzo

Dr Catherine Hamlin - Another Australian Heroine1 comment

Anne wrote 1 year ago: I felt I had to write about this remarkable Australian doctor who has devoted her life’s work to tre … more →

Tags: Vesico Vaginal Fistula, Dr. Catherine Hamlin, Bernadette Lack, Ethiopian midwives, Addis Ababa College of Midwives, Lucy Perry Dr Hamlin spokesperson

I've Captured Sunshine In A Jar

Anne wrote 1 year ago: Crab Apple Jelly Made From Red Variety: >< Jars full of sunshine >< Red crab apple just … more →

Tags: my garden, crab apple jelly, crab apple trees

Zahra's Law Passed in Honour of Zahra Baker

Anne wrote 1 year ago: Zahra’s Law – the very least we could do for you Zahra. >< Zahra Baker >< A … more →

Tags: Zahra Baker, caylee marie anthony, Daniel Morcombe, No Summer Will They See; A Poem

How Can I Not Write?

Anne wrote 1 year ago: >< This morning Artwiculate’s word of the day is ‘Philomel’, sobriquet for T … more →

Tags: Whatever Happened To Ishtar, Olive Trees, Anne Frandi-Coory, my garden, song birds, writing, Author

Graham Brooks: I'm Definitely Not Dead!

Anne wrote 1 year ago: Man makes statement: ‘I’m definitely not dead’ IAN ALLEN Last updated 11:43 18/10/ … more →

Tags: Marlborough, Graham Brooks, Renwick

Archibald Prize 2011-My Faves

Anne wrote 1 year ago: Paul and I travelled to the TarraWarra Museum of Art in the Yarra Valley on Sunday, to view the exhi … more →

Tags: archibald prize, Margaret Olley, cathy freeman, Jessica Watson, Craig Ruddy, Tom Macbeth, Ben Quilty, Tarrawarra Museum of Art, Yarra Valley

Caylee Marie Anthony RIP4 comments

Anne wrote 1 year ago: Here is an interesting question which has been asked again and again since jurors returned a verdict … more →

Tags: child murder, casey anthony, caylee marie anthony, welfare agencies, child sexual abuse, mommie dearest, Joan Crawford

Australia - Don't pull the wool over our eyes re abattoir conditions

Anne wrote 1 year ago: The old  model of abattoir must be changed in order  to alleviate  the cruelty and torture animals a … more →

Tags: Indonesian abattoir, Meat workers, Tom Philpott, cruelty to abattoir animals, Australian cattle and pigs

Rapaura School, Marlborough 1970s -1980s

Anne wrote 1 year ago: Rapaura School Rugby Club-Class 0f 1975 >< I hope the days have gone when school teachers pick … more →

Tags: blenheim, School Days, bad old school days, marlborough nz, Rapaura School

Please Remove Your Hoodie2 comments

Anne wrote 1 year ago: A Queensland trial ban on hoodies and any other face coverings in certain shopping centres and petro … more →

Tags: Burqas, Hoodies, hooded robbers, FACE COVERS, Petrol Stations, Hooded youths, hooded arm robbers, armed robbers, Crash Helmets

It's Enough To Make Me Give Up Eating Meat!

Anne wrote 1 year ago: After writing about the horrific slaughter of Australian cattle in Indonesian Abattoir, I decided to … more →

Tags: Animal Rights, Animal Cruelty, animals Australia, Australian abattoir, abattoir, Indonesian abattoir, Mark Zuckerberg, killing animals for food, bobby calves

Indonesian Abattoir Take Us Back Two Centuries

Anne wrote 1 year ago: I would have thought that in the 21st Century, we in modern Western countries would have progressed … more →

Tags: Islamic Law & Religion, Indonesian meat workers, Indonesian slaughterhouses, Australian abattoir, Sarah Wise, The Italian Boy 1830s London, abattoir, London slaughterhouses, Australian live exports

Halal, Kosher, Butchery-Cruel & Widespread

Anne wrote 1 year ago: In light of the Four Corners’  recent documentary about cruel practices in Indonesian abattoir … more →

Tags: Islamic Law & Religion, Koran, Animal Cruelty, halal butchery, British supermarkets, NZ lamb, NZ frozen lamb, Australian Supermarkets, authentically halal

Michael Jackson-Where Did That Beautiful Boy Go?

Anne wrote 1 year ago: This is the painting by Sarah Weaver that had to be painted >< I will always remember that lit … more →

Tags: MICHAEL JACKSON, The Jackson Five, Michael Jackson's Mask, Painting of Michael Jackson

Papyrus- More Than Writing Paper - Think Boats 2 comments

Anne wrote 1 year ago: >< The First Sail Boat Today papyrus is recognized by many as just the paper sedge, the source … more →

Tags: Papyrus, Louvre, scribe's equipment, papyrus cutter, papyrus smoother, Egyptian, The Nile, Papyrus Boats, tanqwas

Live Meat Exports to Indonesia-A Lesson in Bloody Cruelty2 comments

Anne wrote 1 year ago: Australian Brahman Cattle exported live; placid and intelligent >< A Four Corners documentary … more →

Tags: Islamic Law & Religion, RSPCA, halal butchers, Indonesian meat workers, slaughterhouse, Australian Cattle farmers, Consolidated Pastoral, Ken Warriner, Cameron Hall


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