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....
by Tom Percy | Jun 28, 2016 | Cars, People, Soapbox
You have to wonder sometimes about the calibre of our current WA politicians. We all know that hoon drivers are out of control these days. But exactly what to do about them remains an enigma. Several years ago the then Police Minister (now...
by Jacqueline Lang | May 29, 2016 | Editoral, People, Soapbox
As the clock reached midnight on New Year’s Eve, Melville pensioner Valeria Fremendjin, 70, and her daughter Violeta, 46, clinked their glasses, toasting a joyful 2016. “We chatted for a few hours, reflecting on our lives; talking about our move...
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