Nov 26 I have been home a week now & seem to be over jet-lag. Which is just as well as tomorrow night I attend the 1st night of The Ring Cycle. This is Wagner’s grand epic of 4 operas, performed in a continuous cycle over 4 nights – 2 […]
Blog – July-Nov 2013
Saty July 6 I arrived safely back in Melb on Thursday. On the flight I saw an excellent movie set in NYC, The Last Quartet. Excellent acting from 2 of my favourite actors & wonderful scenery in & around Central park, near the House of the Redeemer. It was all […]
Blog – Feb 2013-June 2013
Fri Feb 1 I had a very good flight from Australia – over 7 hours sleep. SD was sunny when I landed. I had 2 busy days with practical/financial affairs & caught up with several close friends for meals/coffee & ate far too much! Today I fly to Austin, TX, […]
Blog – Dec 2012-Jan 2013
Mon Nov 26 Today I fly to Cairns. I am visiting Peg, the woman who was my sacristan at St Catherine’s (1981-85). She has been a faithful correspondent all these years (without email!) taking great interest in all my parishes & is now in a nursing home. After 2 days […]
Blog – Oct/Nov 2012
Mon Oct 8 I have arrived in Walsingham! After 2 busy days in SD doing practical things I had an excellent flight to London. Using points I flew 1st class – a rare treat. Friday I stayed with an old Fitzroy friend, Alan, who lives in Fitzrovia. I was too […]
Blog – Aug /Sep 2012
Aug 6 2012 I arrived back in Melb on Saty July 21 & it has been non-stop ever since. 2 weeks ago I moved into my new condo. Shortly after that news came that All SS parishioner & good friend, Dennis Avery, was seriously ill. I had seen Dennis in […]
Blog – April – July 2012
April 2012 Mon 23 I arrived safely back in Melbourne on Friday 13th. Very jet-lagged – no doubt due to being in Germany on Easter Monday, then 24 hours in San Diego, then back to Melbourne. I had brought back 2 suitcases of things & only one thing was damaged. It […]
Blog – Germany March/April 2012
Thurs Mar 1 Today I flew from Dresden to Frankfurt, staying there overnight. Friday I catch the train to Heidelberg, & commence my ministry as Chaplain of the Anglican congregation in that famous university city. I will be there until Easter Day. They have a website, with pics: www.english-church-heidelberg.de Sat […]
Blog – January/February 2012
Sunday Jan 1, 2012 Happy New Year! And what a wonderful start to 2012 I have had. I have been chosen to be on the Advisory Board of “Global Traveler”, a US travel magazine. I first subscribed to this magazine in 2004, & met the editor & staff at several […]
Blog – Oct / Dec 2011
Oct 1 Collingwood lost! It was a gr8 game up to 3/4ter time, with excellent demonstrations of Aussie Rules skills. The lead changed 10 times, & there was constant noise from the 99,617 fans. But in the end Geelong steamed ahead. Sun 2 This morning I wore my C/wood scarf […]