Here's a special treat for those of us who have been fascinated with the cicada activity this month. My neighbour, Michael Rayner, amateur photographer extraordinaire, has offered these great photos taken on his balcony recently. They are a huge improvement on my blurry shots snapped on my mobile phone in the dark. Michael's rotated the … Continue reading More Cicada Curiousity
Author: Garrulous Gwendoline
Achieving One’s Purpose in Life – Cicada Style
Here's a follow up to a post of last week in which I mentioned the cicadas. Kate McIlwain, from our local newspaper The Advertiser, has written an article (Wed 17 Jan, 2018) on the current cicada explosion. She quotes Dr Nathan Emery of the Australian Botanic Garden in Mount Annan as saying that "the 2017-18 … Continue reading Achieving One’s Purpose in Life – Cicada Style
Digging Deeper on Crete (1979)
At the hotel in Stalis (Crete) where I worked in 1979 the accommodation for the females was in one large basement room. By July, there were eleven of us sharing the room, with just enough space for us to get in and out of our single beds, as you see in the photo below. As … Continue reading Digging Deeper on Crete (1979)
GWEN WILSON The Reluctant Retiree 