Stacey shares her inspirational story how as a mature woman she changed careers to suit her lifestyle and the modern era.  Her fashion blog is a credit to her creativity and determination.  Photographs supplied by Cocktail Revolution. As a young woman in my twenties, I was fortunate enough to have had a vivid imagination. There […]

When our Dad died in September 2014 at the age of eighty-eight, my two sisters and I knew that it would not be long before our very organised and pragmatic mother, Doris, who had just turned ninety, would be making plans to move to a nursing home. Just eight weeks later, with the family’s help, […]

My husband’s mother was one of ten children, and the last remaining brother was in a care home in Ireland aged 89, memory gently failing and growing increasingly frail. We decided to visit him while he would still know who we were. The last time Brian had seen him was in 2005 at the funeral […]

MAKE THE CALL Things develop behind the scenes that change your life and sometimes it involves some time, effort and commitment. Three years ago, out of the blue, I was approached to join the local board of Lifeline to be part of the re-development of the local area operations. Lifeline North Coast (LLNC) has its […]

A newly released survey by Australian Wellbeing involving 60,000 participants was conducted twice a year for 15 years. It found that people aged 55+ were the most contented. Further ‘The Golden Triangle of Happiness’ gives three main indicators for happiness and contentment; they are: Financial Security, A Sense of Purpose and Good Personal Relationships. Paul […]

I have to confess to bragging about my eighteen year old granddaughter Billie. At the beginning of this year Billie went to Denmark as an exchange student. She has embraced the culture, become fluent in the language and is having wonderful experiences both academically and socially. Having seen the effect of living with host families, travelling […]

Buddhaland Brooklyn is a fictional work highlighting the clash between the purist expression of Buddhist belief as practised in Japan contrasted against that emerging in the material, cosmopolitan world of Brooklyn, New York. The story commences in the 1950’s and is told through the eyes of Seido, a boy of eleven living with his parents […]

Just how many personas can Meryl Streep adopt? From characters engulfed by trauma and loss, to fashionistas and now to an ageing rock star. Her versatility and courage to explore the nuances of lives so far removed from one another has become a hallmark of her Oscar-winning career. Ricki and the Flash is not one […]