Antipodes

In my Antipodes blog, I've often expressed my consternation concerning Australia's failure to protect her citizen Julian Assange . ...

Fitzroy is suspicious of every zone of greenery that might conceal hidden foes such as lizards. Whenever his senses detect the presen...

After an evening of heavy drinking up on the Gold Coast, an Australian fellow decided wisely that it would not be a good idea to attempt to ...

From time to time in my blog, I've mentioned Noah and his celebrated ark: for example, in posts entitled Childhood myths [ display ] a...

I don't usually purchase hay for the donkeys at this time of the year. But my neighbor Jackie took advantage of the fact that farmers a...

On the rose pergola, there's a lot of intermingling between adjacent varieties. Here's a view from the south of the left-hand side o...

People who live in the vicinity of cliffs and mountains soon discover the powerful beauty of straight lines , which determine the trajectori...

In Mark 16:14-18 , we must imagine that Jesus has already been raised from the dead, and he is giving an amazing short pep talk to some of ...

You've got to admire the marketing flair of the fellow who had the brilliant idea of setting up a fleet of yellow amphibious vehicles (c...

Twenty minutes ago, I noticed a couple of superb green lizards approaching one of my garden plots. [Click to enlarge] Maybe they'...

After many hours of manual labor down on my hands and knees, I've finally removed most of the weeds from the garden at Gamone. Here'...

In the middle of the 1950s, the Anglican cathedral of Grafton (my birthplace in Australia) was a focal point in my young existence. A ...

A simple joy at Gamone, now that the weather has warmed up, is to breakfast outside, and to spend a moment reading in the sunshine. [Cl...

Yesterday afternoon, I was surprised to look up at the Cournouze and discover that she was bedecked with a delicate bridal headdress trimme...

The Airbus A350 —in competition with the Boeing 787—took off from Toulouse Blagnac less than an hour ago on its maiden flight.

I was intrigued by the information that seems to be conveyed by this photo. The regards of these hostesses are calm. They appear to be obliv...

Two years ago, in a blog post entitled A rose by any other name [ display ], I mentioned the great French comic Michel Colucci [1944-1986]...

In my childhood recollections, candied ginger is a Proustian madeleine . [If you don't know what I mean, look up the last pair of words...

For people driving down from Presles to Pont-en-Royans (not a busy road), this photo presents their rapid glimpse of my house at Gamone. ...