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Miscellaneous Observations on life, love, family, retirement, Australian politics, philosophical musings, and all that other stuff you shove in a cupboard because you don’t know where else to put it.

When one is not enough, and two is too many – Alcohol Consumption in Retirement Villages

/ Garrulous Gwendoline / 17 Comments

I have just completed six weeks of alcohol abstinence.  My timing co-incided with Ocsober, a month dedicated to fundraising through "loosing the booze".  I was not fundraising, and I have not met anyone who was participating.  My motivation was to check whether there was any effect on my liver function blood tests.  My liver has never … Continue reading When one is not enough, and two is too many – Alcohol Consumption in Retirement Villages

Bushfires and Climate Change – Shall we ever know if there is a connection?

/ Garrulous Gwendoline / 9 Comments

I disappeared from blogging for the last two weeks.  It was not intentional.  The time slipped away quickly.  I was immersed in a re-write of my manuscript.  I have lost count of the number of drafts I have written.  I have labelled this latest version "11", but some drafts have been merely removing excess adverbs.  … Continue reading Bushfires and Climate Change – Shall we ever know if there is a connection?