I am a closet listener to country and western music. Mind you, not all country and western music. But there’s some that is just good honest stuff, so why pretend to look down on it? And this one… more →
Floating Life 4/06 ~ 11/07Neil wrote 7 months ago: This was rebroadcast on ABC1 last night. See also Extraordinary kindness… and It’s Keating day…. … more →
Neil wrote 1 year ago: Back in June 2007 I posted On Malcolm and his books… where I mentioned a rare edition, or comparativ … more →
Neil wrote 1 year ago: 25 June 2008 – Three New Judges Appointed to the Federal Court: Delenio just forwarded this vi … more →
Neil wrote 2 years ago: I am a closet listener to country and western music. Mind you, not all country and western music. Bu … more →
Neil wrote 2 years ago: On this cold night I am not there, but as I have fiddled with the Big Archive in my warm Elizabeth S … more →
Neil wrote 2 years ago: Some of it is work-related, but some also backwash from the South Africa visit, I suspect, good as t … more →
Neil wrote 2 years ago: The first of the month and the traditional day for Yum Cha going back to late last century — t … more →
Neil wrote 2 years ago: That was The Empress’s summation of our friend Malcolm “Lord Malcolm” Gleeson at y … more →
Neil wrote 2 years ago: I had admired and marvelled at Malcolm’s collection while he was alive. As I said last week, t … more →
Neil wrote 2 years ago: During the day Sirdan set off for Perth, then from there to South Africa, for what will be a memorab … more →
Neil wrote 2 years ago: High Flight John Gillespie Magee Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth, And danced the skies o … more →
Neil wrote 2 years ago: Dorothy McRae-McMahon’s blessing for Malcolm came back home today and sat on the communion tab … more →
Neil wrote 2 years ago: After yesterday’s good experience with Happy Feet, we plan to see The Queen, which The Empress … more →
Neil wrote 2 years ago: A Memorial Service for the Late Malcolm Gordon Gleeson will be held in the Chapel of the Sacred Hear … more →
Neil wrote 2 years ago: Lord Malcolm wanted to see it and we managed to do it. For us this New Year is especially poignant; … more →
Neil wrote 2 years ago: Sirdan took Lord Malcolm back to the hospice yesterday. I’m going there today; so is Sirdan. T … more →
Neil wrote 2 years ago: Some of you will recall how I doubted he would. I saw Lord Malcolm today. Sirdan saw him yesterday, … more →
Neil wrote 2 years ago: Updated daily until normal posting resumed, which it has. There are five updates there over the fold … more →
Neil wrote 2 years ago: While working on the pages here this morning I had a call from Lord Malcolm, in a panic because his … more →