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It was the then hottest early February day on record, in Sydney, as the Summer was reaching peak. 110 F, 43C. This is amazing given that Sydney is on the coast. I used work in a building – Strathfield Plaza, on the 7th floor, overlooking the largest suburban non-terminus railway hub in the Sydney metropolitan

I must admit, I had goosebumps watching the replay of this relay. Four young women, all superb athletes. 1) Sydney McLaughlin, on her 22nd Birthday, specialist hurdler. 1st leg, on the left. starter leg, from the marks. 2) Dalilah Muhammad, aged 31, specialist hurdler. 3rd Leg, second from left. 3) Athing Mu, 19, her parents

Went to pick up the second load of the oil paintings I had framed in Valdosta, Georgia on Monday night. A couple of miles from home, three dear ran across the road right in front of my car. I swerved to the right and just missed the first, I swerved to the left to avoid

The single-most terrifying half-minute of my life, even until this day. I was driving from the family home at East Hills, to afternoon shift at work, at Alexandria – about a 30 km trip, and about 45 minutes, via Henry Lawson Drive, Forest Road, Stoney Creek Road and Qantas Drive. The first 15 minutes takes

It was the Monday before Election Day, 2008. On my way home from the office, my spouse called me.. pick up some milk and bread on your way home. I replied, sure honey. I had spent much of 2008 working in Europe, but now in the States for a few weeks. So I drove into

Heroes of My Hometown – Series # 1 First Profile – James Clavell – novelist, journalist, playwright, and screenwriter. As a teen, I loved reading his yarns, based substantially around facts of various chapters of his life. He was a Japanese POW. He later directed Hollywood films. He was a masterful story teller, and my

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The United States of America thinks it is a democracy. It never was. It is not now… and it never, ever will be, at least not in this century. “Corporations are people, my friend”… goes back 140 years, to the Supreme Court ruling San Mateo County v. Southern Pacific Railroad that the 14th Amendment (the

One thing about travelling all over the world, you get to meet fascinating people. Should you choose to accept them into your life, that is. I met one such person – a woman, a Norwegian, who walked up to my table in a bar, while I was writing draft notes on yellow legal pad, about