by Lindy Brophy | Apr 5, 2018 | Soapbox, Sports, Uncategorized
“We’re on the way to the footy. Everybody’s excited!” I sent this text message to my son in Sydney, while on the train, en route to the first AFL game at the new Optus Stadium. West Coast Eagles playing their arch rivals Sydney Swans. Somewhat...
by Tom Percy | Sep 6, 2017 | Lifestyle, Money, Our History, Places, Soapbox, Sports
So the era of Subiaco is all but over. Many of us will remember he place very fondly. But her last few years, where her name was sold off into whoredom, were quite unfortunate. Deplorable, actually. Like a lot of us, I just couldn’t bring myself to call...
by Jacqueline Lang | Jul 18, 2017 | Editoral, Environment, Places, Soapbox
Walking around Lake Claremont this week, eyeing the black swans, swamp hens, ducks, stilts and feathered beauties, we paused to watch a group of corellas – white cockatoos – fly in to alight, en masse, on a tree. The birds were having fun:...
by Anita Ozolins | Jan 9, 2017 | Lifestyle, People, Soapbox
So my dating life has been bleak for a number of years now, but that is okay. I have had many other distractions going on. I have been on a number of dates – mostly first dates – and it has occurred to me, I may be doing things a little...
by Ritch Shydner | Oct 24, 2016 | People, Places, Showbiz, Soapbox
In August I flew into Hanningsvag (population 2,500), the most northernmost town in Norway. As soon as the young driver found out I was American, she studied me briefly in the rear view mirror and asked, “What is it with this Trump?” I get it....
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