Remember a couple of weeks back when a cockatoo chucked a stone from an apartment roof and smashed my car windscreen? All ended well, the windscreen was repaired and the car passed its annual registration inspection, which, as luck would have it, was due that week. Most Aussies are well acquainted with the behaviour of … Continue reading Cockatoos are Smarter than You Think
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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.
My Big Bruvver the Larrikin
Just in case my last post has you thinking my brother was a saint I wish to share with you one or two of his escapades, to which I'm not sure a girl of my then tender years should have been exposed. First, a misadventure that started out with the best of intentions. I was … Continue reading My Big Bruvver the Larrikin
My Big Bruvver Goes on Bivouac
7 April 1965One of the birds lay an egg on 3-4-65. What should I do? Gypsy can’t walk on her hind left leg. There has been no mail yet. I am getting on fine with the Spearmans. Last week we weren’t allowed to watch television for a week. Mum came home for the weekend and … Continue reading My Big Bruvver Goes on Bivouac
GWEN WILSON, Author, aka The Reluctant Retiree 