June 2007
- What to wear? (30 Jun 07)
I really do think jeans and tee are best and simplest. At the Milan menswear spring / summer 2008 shows this year there was the tragic (Klien). . . and ...
- No jurisdiction in this realm (29 Jun 07)
I'm encouraged by the decision of the Anglican Church of Canada against the inclusion of the Primates in the membership of the Anglican Communion Council. Giles Fraser writes (with his ...
- Beijing boycott? (29 Jun 07)
A few seconds of Googling will find a plethora of advocates for a boycott for the Beijing Olympics. Reporters Without Borders are among the more impressive. Reasons for a boycott ...
- Will I Wil? (28 Jun 07)
I'm of two and a half minds about Wil Anderson as a performer. His take-no-prisoners ABC show The Glass House was sometimes witty but got boring when the conversation spent ...
- Every drop welcomed (26 Jun 07)
We Canberrans are preoccupied with the rain. Every drop is welcomed and every cloud is inspected for its wateriness. This afternoon the radar shows clouds heading out to sea after ...
- The wood and the trees (26 Jun 07)
As to the Government's recent moves to try to end abuse of children in remote Aboriginal communities I entriely agree with the Australian Financial Review in its Editorial of 25 Jun 07Bold ...
- Lawful but not expedient (25 Jun 07)
The General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada has agreed "That this General Synod resolves that the blessing of same-sex unions is not in conflict with the core doctrine ...
- Don't ask, don't translate (24 Jun 07)
I don't support the war in Iraq but I'm impressed by Stephen Benjamin and his articulate telling of his story in this the first YouTube piece I've linked to this ...
- To end the circle (24 Jun 07)
This is Canberra poet Michael Fitzgerald-Clarke a fellow church member. His work includes chapbooks Deep Wings (White Heron Press 2004) and from Pudding House Press S-h-h-hidelplonk (2002) and Three Hundred ...
- North Korea's barbarity (23 Jun 07)
North Korea was accused of gross crimes against humanity in a report released recently by Christian Solidarity Worldwide. The report North Korea: a case to answer -- a call to ...
- Atholl Brose (23 Jun 07)
Winter is a good time for Atholl Brose. You can buy it ready made but home made is better I think. There are a number of variations to this drink ...
- Niether North nor South, but Centre (23 Jun 07)
Though I'm a 'Northerner' in outlook myself I do believe that the 'Global Center' position chosen by the Latin American and Carribbean bishops is the path of sense and sensibility ...
- Weighting for it (21 Jun 07)
These are my bathroom scales. They have story to tell. This is the story.So far so good. Only 9 more kilograms to go. Perhaps Aussiebum model Andreas Lundin may inspire ...
- Mr Olmert, tear down this wall! (19 Jun 07)
This month saw the fortieth anniversary of the Six-day war (5-11 June 1967). In 1967 I was a new student at Monash University where I got to know a number ...
- Autumn blooms (18 Jun 07)
May was the warmest ever recorded -- not because of the day time temperatures but because the overnight lows were much higher than usual. So the garden plants are utterly ...
- CAMRA (14 Jun 07)
I've been neglecting this scrapbook as I've been preparing a new website for CAMRA Inc.: the Canberra Academy of Music and Related Arts in time for our presentation of Mozart's ...
- Acteaon (08 Jun 07)
To mark its exhibition VIP: very important photgraphs 1840s-1940s the National Gallery of Australia has this curious photograph on its Winter events calendar. Acteaon c.1938 (detail) by George Platt Lynes ...
- Droughty optimism (07 Jun 07)
Walking from the car park to my office this cold gloomy morning it occurred to me that in a time of drought it's the optimists who carry umbrellas. ...
- Prayers for Trinity Sunday, 3 June 2007 (02 Jun 07)
Lord hear our prayer and mercifully hear us when we call upon you. God of mystery long ago the church learned that you are three in one--Creator Redeemer and Giver ...
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