I have booked my appartamento in Siracusa! After looking at a few places and emailing back and forth, I decided that a lovely little apartment was right up my street. I’ve payed the deposit, sent the owner, Lilla, my name, rank and serial number and this will be my home for the month of November
I’m determined. I am going to Sicily this year! Last year I thought about it, even had one or two daydeams about tramping round the island, but I didn’t do anything positive. I’m not talking about a guided tour, a coach trip or a hand-held tourist excursion to quaint cultural areas but of a total [...]
All over the world people are expressing their admiration for Steve Jobs and sorrow at his passing. Steve made a difference in many lives (mine included) and it’s sad to see him go so soon. He should have had many years left to enjoy. So long Steve and thanks for the ride. But I’m not [...]
The Vernal Equinox! I loved the sound of that when I was a child. It was something to do with the Church, I thought, but it meant longer days spent playing and a day trip to Ferntree Gully to see the new life in the fern forest and to hear the bellbirds. Now that I [...]
