Welcome back rabble-rousers – today’s topic – earthquakes! In LA, earthquakes are a thing. And they’ve been on my mind lately. It was the 20th anniversary of Northridge recently and there were lots of snaps of mangled freeways and crumbled buildings to fuel my already active imagination. Which was followed by a report in the … Continue reading
The Festive Season, or, if you like it, then you ought to stick a feather in it
Greetings ne’er do wells! The new year has been and gone and the festive season has mercifully drawn to a close. And it is a season here – three months of back-to-back festivities that make it fun, exhausting and a little disorienting by the time it’s all over. In Australia, Halloween is a scrappy hassle, … Continue reading
Carry on Grammy or There’s no news like old news
My sainted aunt – it’s been way too long between drinks, but I felt I had to finish off the Grammy’s before I started on another topic, and then that seemed so long ago, and then it seemed longer ago and then it was getting to be a thing. So, in the interest of unblocking … Continue reading
Dried Fruit – or ‘In Lieu of Hot Cross Bun Day’
Malcontents! I know you’re all clamoring for ‘Grammy – The Continuing Story’ – and never let it be said that I don’t pander to my audiences’ wishes, but before I do my best impersonation of a fawning Grammy panda, I would like to take you with me on a brief sojourn to a garden party at the … Continue reading
Grammy Up – Part One
Welcome back animals with party-like tendencies, I was going to chat about the Kenter Canyon Elementary School Talent Show – nutshell, epic – and proffer some vignettes of LA life, but those moments of pithy reportage will have to wait their turn, because Franc got Grammied recently – so strap yourselves in and enjoy the … Continue reading
Friends with Benefits
It seems that one posting does not a blogger make, so greetings, miscreants and welcome back. When people find out you are moving overseas, lots of them point out that you will miss your friends, and then add, in a cheery ‘so glad it’s not me’ undertone, that you’ll undoubtedly make new ones. Yes, well, … Continue reading
Let’s start at the very beginning
Which is, of course, a very good place to start. But this isn’t really the beginning. Pin-pointing that moment is tricky and would probably include some less than fascinating stories about packing and applying for visas. It could, for drama’s sake, be the first night we were in LA, staying in a wonderful house in … Continue reading
A message from a broad 