Back in the days when I was growing up Catholic in South Australia in the 60s & 70s, the old stone building at Sevenhill, known as the College (above image), was the place of Ignatian spirituality – at least to me. The College is next door to the grand old country church, St.…
Issued on: 21/10/2020 – 05:00 France paid homage to slain professor Samuel Paty at the Sorbonne on October 21, 2020. France paid tribute on Wednesday to a history teacher beheaded last week by a man angered at his decision to share controversial caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad with his class. President Emmanuel Macron spoke at…
When NGE was going on about wanting to borrow my robe the other day I figured I would re-visit this post. Yes, he’s also a lawyer previously mentioned here. An irksome thing about NGE is that he has limited insight into how he looks, anytime, let alone in Court. I’ve yet to convince him that…
French History, especially the French Revolutionary period, has always inspired me, more so that I’m a member of the legal profession. In this post I share a few thoughts on some aspects of genuine interest to me including historical figures of the bloody Revolution. Some of what I cover comes from a book that…
Over Christmas 2017 my friend Alan’s buddy, from the USA, visited South Australia for a few weeks. A few days before he left to go back to his home in Tennessee, a small group of us met in a little cafe/restaurant in the main street of Burra where we sat at a little…
This is not the first time I have posted on social media about this spot. The images are from a few years ago when I was fluffing around out here near the front veranda. It’s one of my favourite spots, one of those down-home feel-good spaces. My beautiful feliscatus model is our sweet girl,…
Not long after finalising the acquisition of our little maison in France in May this year, the question of money arose … money in a French bank. We needed a French bank account, une banque Francaise, a joint bank account, un compte joint. Image via The Great French Australian War of 1982 …