Now this is why I moved to Australia. It is finally starting to feel like summer in Adelaide and I’ve got to say it was worth the wait – warm, dry days and cool, breezy nights. It’s as near a perfect climate as I’ve found. The locals tell me that I may change my mind [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Friends’
Deep South Smack Talk: My Friend The Enemy
In celebration of the imminent humiliation for the state’s flagship university, I’m happy to present an expanded Florida Hate Week edition of Deep South Smack Talk. Speaking for the evil swamp lizards, we have my oldest friend and occasional A Free Man commentor, Jamie. He and I went through high school together and despite his [...]
Don’t ill treat me pet dingo, Ringo
I’m always a sucker for scientific small talk. At a “Baby Housewarming” (don’t ask), I was talking to a woman about her little boy. He was a very quiet child and slightly reluctant to wade into the baby melee. “Yes”, she said, “he’s very shy, but both his Dad and I are as well.” I don’t [...]
Smashing up the kindness of strangers
I’ve moved around a lot in my time. I’ve lived on both coasts of the U.S., as well as the north, south and middle. I’ve lived in Canada. I’ve lived in Britain. I live in Australia. One of the things that I’ve learned is that with every move there’s a period of time in which [...]
Making friends?
Since before Z was born, the dog’s reaction to a new member of the pack has been a source of a little bit of concern – moreso to Dr. O’C than to me. If I’m being honest, there have been a couple of dicey moments. While Timmins has accepted his demotion in status, he’s not [...]
%&*^$#!!
I’m trying really hard to restrain myself from publishing my “Things About Australia That Piss Me Off” post. But if you’ll indulge me just one – it takes nearly a month to get a home phone and internet. It wouldn’t be so bad, but they keep teasing us. Giving us dates and then changing them. [...]
Berries and the nomadic lifestyle
” I’ve been a long time that I’m waiting
Been a long that I’m blown
I’ve been a long time that I’ve wandered
Through the people I have known
Oh, if you would and you could
Straighten my new mind’s eye.”
Nick Drake – “Northern Sky”
This was meant to be a kind of flippant Tuesday post about berry picking, but as [...]
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