Too much rain in Australia

March 7, 2012 | 4 comments

Back to Sydney I flew last Saturday for a noon-time lecture at the downtown Reading Room in that city. Rain, rain, rain…in voluminous amounts this part of the country was receiving that week. Reports were that the size of the

The dry bites of mortal mind

March 7, 2012 | 6 comments

While taking a quick run through the Australian Museum of Natural Science, mostly because I wanted to see the display of dinosaur skeletons on the third level, I side-stepped into an exhibit on poisonous reptiles in Australia. The below panel

The cure for junk mail

March 6, 2012 | 7 comments

In Canberra Friday evening, I took a walk down a long street to find a restaurant. On my jaunt, I passed a collection of mail boxes that immediately caught my eye. On several post boxes were little plaques that read,

The naturopath who got it

March 5, 2012 | 3 comments

Last Wednesday, I drove 80 kilometers from Gosford into the heart of Sydney, dropped off my rental car, walked up to my hotel in the drizzly rain, luggage in tow, and got ready for a 1 p.m. lecture at The

That pesky fly!

March 2, 2012 | 14 comments

This past Tuesday, I flew from Gold Coast to Sydney, rented a car, and drove north 80 kms to Gosford for a lecture that evening. I was greeted by an earnest little band of Christian Science workers setting up for their