Late-summer garden brings joy and pride
It’s best to be honest about my garden which spreads around my newish home in Belair. Probably, it’s about 600 square metres in size and gives me immense joy. However, I must quote words from Charles...
View ArticleFrench Medieval masterpiece a must to see
The rarest of French Medieval masterpieces – the six-panel tapestries known as The Lady and the Unicorn – will be on show at the Art Gallery of NSW until June 24, 2018. On loan from the Musee de Cluny...
View ArticleEntertaining friends – a creative act of love
For the past 16 years, I have kept a Hostess Book which capture the many dinner parties and celebrations held in my various homes, both as a divorcee, a married woman and, finally, as a widow. When I...
View ArticleTwo decades wring change
Merry Christmas to you all. And a Happy New Year in a few weeks when we herald 2020. How time flies, and how it sweeps in profound change, whether we like it or not. It is hard to look so far back to...
View ArticleThe fury of fire dampens New Year mood
Happy New Year to everyone. That said, I can’t remember a more sombre start to a new decade than the communal mood of sadness over the devastating bushfires across Australia. Our historic Adelaide...
View Article
