Triumph is often associated with war, competition and, ultimately, victory. Great achievements borne of great struggle and sacrifice become stuff of legend.
Tragedy, conversely, quickly shelves the euphoria associated with triumph and balances the highs of victory.
Read MoreThe late Ernest Hemingway is one of my literary idols. He employed commas to slow the reader down. At other times commas are not seen in his writing for paragraphs.
So why is it easy to pause when writing but not during our daily grind?
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I had never visited the Murray River/Ngarrindjeri/Tongala.
Of course, I had read, seen and watched the images and politics of the most contentious waterway in the country.
But I had never experienced the Murray River firsthand.
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Water holes, creeks, and dams are dry. Any water still captured is stagnate. Mosquitos are content and disease is rife. Any water dropped on the dry earth does not provide a desperately needed drink, rather it splatters like a butterfly symmetry painting.
Read MoreWe are deeply saddened by the devastation the fires across Australia have caused. Hearing that much of the beautiful New South Wales town of Mogo was destroyed remains heartbreaking.
Read MoreI don't really have a bucket list. I am very fortunate. I have told you of my challenges learning to swim. I found it difficult to float as a child and had to dramatically improve my prowess for love.
Last week, we visited Bondi Beach and, more poignantly, Bondi Icebergs Club to swim a few laps. Like Katie once did, the kids now slap my feet demanding I hasten my stroke.
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UNO is a constant companion.
UNO, in Italian or Spanish meaning "one", is a card game invented by American, Merlin Robbins, in 1971. Robbins, a barber who died in 1984, distributed UNO from his shop. He sold the rights in 1981 for US$50,000 plus royalties of 10 cents per game. Mattel purchased UNO in 1992. Hundreds of millions of copies have been sold since.
Read MoreAuthor Donald Horne in his 1964 book, The Lucky Country, which became a moniker for Australia described the Great South Land as lucky, but not without challenges and faults.
Read MoreAs December arrives and the festive season kicks into full swing, we find time to reflect, acknowledge and celebrate.
The end of the calendar year and heralding the new year often involves fireworks.
Read MoreFor all the change and worry that living in an unpredictable landscape stirs, it also generates inspiration for greater understanding. Artists have continually asked questions through their works and I am glad our children are doing the same.
Read MoreIn Australia, debate regarding climate change has become as divisive as seeking asylum.
I felt a sense of trepidation when penning a column regarding the topic.
Read MoreMuch loved Scottish Comedian, Billy Connolly recently offered in his lament, the melancholic television series, Made in Scotland, “But tea is the best substance in the world. Tea, I love tea. It makes me feel good. It makes me feel jolly. Tea is the substance,” he said.
Read MoreThere is a gently recurring daydream filed at the back of my brain; somewhere near my cerebral cortex.
One day I stumble upon a masterpiece; a work of revered and unquestionable skill.
Read MoreFrom 1911-1912, the great race to the South Pole made Roald Amundsen a hero. Englishman Robert Falcon Scott and his four colleagues, in second place just five weeks after the Norwegian, lost their lives after perishing on the return journey.
Read MoreMy late father would often quote the famous saying “penny wise and pound foolish” coined by Mathematician, Oxford University Scholar, and vicar of St. Thomas’s Church, Robert Burton in his therapeutical memoir which became a medical textbook, The Anatomy of Melancholy first published in 1621.
Read MoreThe 35th President of the United States, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, glimmered hope of bringing the troops home from chaotic war efforts in Vietnam when he prematurely offered in the early 1960’s, “There’s light at the end of the tunnel.”
Read MoreRichard ‘Harry’ Harris exits stage left. The audience hold their applause until he is out of sight.
Read MoreI don’t have anything against four-wheel drive vehicles nor those who traverse the beaten track. In fact, we own a car capable of such adventures. However, my relationship with the four-wheel-driving community was once, best described as, strained.
Read MoreTasmanian House of Assembly Speaker Sue Hickey recently described our public housing system as "not fit for animals".
Housing Minister Roger Jaensch's immediate response was to announce the second stage of Tasmania's Affordable Housing Action Plan 2019-2023 (Action Plan 2).
Read MoreMusic festivals are appealing, particularly for young people determined to embrace the freedom and liberty that growing-up admiring artists with like-minded revellers inspires.
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