I flew to Belfast; it wasn't a holiday.
I scattered my Dad's ashes in the River Lagan and buried my uncle.
It had been lashing down in Northern Ireland.
And then as I was flying home Sinead O'Connor died and I wondered what a conversation between her and Dolores O'Riordan of The Cranberries would sound like in death.
Read MoreThe dates of public holidays in Tasmania can be debatable.
But certainly not contentious like a recent call by an Irish Greens MP, Patrick Costello TD, to make the 12th of July an all-Ireland holiday.
Read MoreTaunting Australians about being from a penal colony is bizarre because it lacks logic and is far from truth-telling about the British's thirst to colonise often defenceless peoples and their lands.
After all, it was the colonising English who arrived on the shores of the great southern continent, claimed Terra Nullius (nobody's land), raised the Union Jack, and terrorised, enslaved, and murdered the locals.
Read MoreIn recent days, while we have been enjoying the contest for the Ashes between England and Australia in both men's and women's cricket, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) received a report into racism, sexism and class-based discrimination.
The chair of the ECB penned an open letter to the Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket (ICEC) chair, Cindy Butt, which makes for some extraordinary reading.
Read MoreThe City of Launceston Council is hosting two mental health workshops.
They are sold out.
The council facilitates a suicide prevention program and employs a suicide prevention coordinator, Stephanie Armour.
The need for the council to employ a suicide prevention coordinator is deeply challenging.
Sadly, and particularly for North-East Tasmania, the statistics do not lie and the rationale for Ms. Armour's appointment is tragically obvious.
Read MoreIt's the weekend.
When did the weekend become an extension of weekdays and when did the stress of the working week continue into the weekend?
And when did The Weeknd become an international pop star?
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