One feature of cooking during the Great Depression, especially in rural areas, was home made kitchen ware. I especially like the creativity of the flour sifter; Flour reminds me of my husband’s family, who owned Conolly’s flour mill in Goulburn. It’s an unfortunate truth, but they did
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HERE WE GO… I am cheating and listing the towns and villages of the Blue Mountains alphabetically rather than by elevation. This is pure indulgence on my part so that I can begin with; Blackheath, aka Bleakheath – Ranks first in this list and first in my
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A REFUGEE SPARROW FROM THE CITY Some time ago a sparrow living in Sydney’s Botanic Gardens was assaulted by a giant white ibis. A dispute had broken out over crumbs at the café and the little fellow came off second best . He went into hiding, but
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A LONG, HOT SUMMER. We have gone through horrible fires here in the Blue Mountains and so many other parts of the country. The heat has been extraordinary. I am a firm believer in climate change, even though our beautiful Mountains have suffered badly before. THE FURY
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UPDATE – As someone who reacted with horror when Donald Trump became President of the United States, even I have to applaud his posthumous pardon, on May 25th 2018, of the African American boxer, Jack Johnson. In 1913 Johnson had been found guilty by an all-white jury
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