Author Archives: John

A shapely body and a lovely pair of wings

  I’ve climbed up through the gliding club’s fleet of planes and now I can fly the top model, a DG-303. It’s a beautiful high-performance machine with slim 15-metre span wings and little winglets at the end. The seating position … Continue reading

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Ros and Gil are absurdly entertaining

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead is an absurdist, existentialist tragicomedy by Tom Stoppard we went to see at Sydney Theatre. (Cate Blanchett refers to it as Ros and Gil, so that’s good enough for me). Major themes of the play … Continue reading

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Roll out the barrel . .

We had a drive out to North Head just for fun – it was a lovely sunny day with strong winds forecast for later. We had a walk around the North Head track and took in the amazing views across … Continue reading

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A disastrous book launch

We went along to the launch of a book by Jenny Tabakoff, a friend and fellow journalist from the Sydney Morning Herald days. The book’s on a scary topic. Disaster strikes. A ship goes down, a plane crashes, a party … Continue reading

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Follow me, follow . . .

You can now sign up to keep in touch with this fascinating account of my exciting life. Just click on the FOLLOW button at the bottom right of the screen and enter your email address. Each time the blog is … Continue reading

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