The Starbucks View

Having walked to Mooloolaba – I am now sitting in my favorite lounge chair at Starbucks looking out over a sea at rest. Everything was perfect until three huge workmen arrived a few minutes ago and set up a worksite less than a meter away.
The view changed in an instant.
I now have a yellow guard [...]

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Memories

I am sitting in Miranda Fair in Sutherland Shire having coffee when a whole lot of memories just flooded back to me. The very cafe I am sitting in is the same one Marion and I sat in as we waited anxiously while our eldest son Andrew went for a job interview. He got the [...]

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Discourse on Divorce

I recently received an unsolicited tirade from a part time preacher on the subject of divorce. He belted out his views with quite some feeling and although I must confess I did not read the whole article – I did read sufficient to convince me that legalism and religious intolerance are still very much alive [...]

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Old Boys Clubs

I had the honour of playing on one of Brisbanes elite golf courses the other day. I had to play with a member as it is a very private course.
Tell you what I noticed.
A. It is very hard to get into the club and also very expensive. A two year waiting list.
B. You can’t get [...]

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Heart Monitors

I was talking to a person the other day and a wrist band they were wearing started to buzz. She explained that the wrist band was linked to a heart monitor she wore around her chest and it went off whenever her heart rate rose above a certain level.
I was at first very impressed that [...]

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