From weightlifting to winging it, my shoulder saga, week one
A few weeks ago, I fell and dislocated my shoulder. I wrote about that experience at the time, and you can read it here. Today, I’m dictating another blog entry...
Ten tips for first time visitors to New York
Arriving in Style: Whether you're budget-conscious or seeking convenience, consider the LIRR from JFK for a seamless transit to midtown Manhattan. The Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) not only offers...
Traveling with Low Vision: Five Essential Tips
Sometimes our eyesight lets us down. In my case, my vision has been a challenge since I was born. For over 50 years, I've experienced low vision, and through extensive...
As I see it…the COVID Chronicles
Two years ago it started. None of us knew what we were in for. There has been highs and lows, days when we thought it was over, days when we...
As I see it…searching for normal
A topic of discussion among my friends, family, colleagues has been: will life ever get back to normal? I’m no Nostradamus and I suppose what is normal? Normal 100 years...
As I see it…300 days between flights.
As a frequent traveller pre-COVID, I enjoyed (endured) 300 days between my last flight pre-COVID and my return to flight as Australia came to grips with a COVID normal state....
As I see it…travel and photography
As a family, we often travelled in Australia: Gulgong and rural NSW, the Snowy Mountains, Canberra, the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast. My first memory of overseas travel is a...
As I see it…hard work
Mum, bless her soul, writes in her journal in 1982 how happy she is. She has four wonderful boys and a loving and hardworking husband. She writes that Dad has...
As I see it…time and memory
The concept of time weighs heavily with me, even before that crisp August morning. The day you, Mum, died. 29 August, 2017. Judgement day. Image eleven – Mum on her...
As I see it…sight
As you’ve read, I’ve got pretty crappy eyesight. Mum writes in her journal, July 1967, when I’m 18 months old: I feel for him so, although it doesn’t worry him...