Talent galore
[left] Valli, Jenny, Suzie, Sarah, Host Marie, Ursula and Lynley What a talent pool of artists this festival state of ours has spawned. When naïve artist Marie Jonsson-Harrison held a girlie lunch for...
View ArticleOscar has overtaken our house
Meet the newest member of our household, a handsome, hybrid poodle/Maltese/Shi Tsu named Oscar. Our new puppy is an adorable bundle of fluff, champagne coloured with an angelic face which belies his...
View ArticleWelcome Giulia, Farewell Loulou
The year in France had its moment of joy with the birth of Giulia Sarkozy, daughter of one-time supermodel Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, 43, and the French president, Nicholas Sarkozy. (Hands up those who...
View ArticleGrand old auntie at 90
Auntie Lilian, my father Frank’s younger sister turned 90 and I threw an afternoon tea for relatives to celebrate . The old lady, who lives in a self-contained hostel unit, is the matriarch of our...
View ArticleMandy marries lesbian love
Former Adelaide business leader, Mandy Keillor has been as straight as her black bob hair style all her life. Now at 47 years of age, she admits to having turned lesbian in her late 30s after being...
View ArticleTime for a Miracle
Those words of wisdom by Regina Brent when she turned 90, currently on the Internet are comforting as I mull over the worsening situation with husband Olivier’s cancer. He is in hospital once again,...
View ArticleLashings of Frenchness at Film Festival
The Alliance Francaise French Film Festival, opening in Adelaide on March 20, promises yet again that alluring mix of emotion, passion love, and drama – as well as a new genre – “A French Touch Around...
View ArticleA-List Lunch aids Cancer Research
The prestigious South Australian Women of the Year lunch at Ayers House today had an emotional element when cancer researcher Dr Michelle Lee received a $4000 cheque to continue her research into bone...
View ArticleA Living Angel
Australia’s first professor of palliative care originally set out in the world to become a medical missionary. But life and fate had other ideas, as SAMELA HARRIS reports on the man some people call…...
View ArticleFrench Politics on the Cusp of Change
We are glued to coverage of the French presidential elections and each morning French-Australian husband Olivier takes himself into the lounge to watch the French news on SBS at 10:20am. He is a...
View ArticleHome-based Palliative Care a Team Effort
Once more beloved husband Olivier arrives home from hospital, but this time by ambulance. This is a special home-coming, though, because the other option was to send him to a hospice. Even though his...
View ArticleFamily life, death and les femmes de nuit
C’est la vie en France: French cinema always offers that element of surprise and this year’s offering at the French Film Festival was no exception. As always, there was sex aplenty whatever the...
View ArticleHello Faithful Friends
Another four months have slipped by since I wrote you a note, but our life is a little like a ship rolling in high seas – one is on the verge of seasickness all the time and it’s a daily problem to...
View ArticleWhere the “girls” are.
Still glamorous Chris Nicholls, once a founding partner of Rave Model Agency flew into Adelaide for the weekend with husband Rob for grandparents’ Day at Immanuel College where grand-daughter Chloe...
View ArticleHope for Breast Cancer Cure
A new study holds hope that breast cancer treatment could be far more tailored in future with the discovery that tumours can be classified into 10 specific types. Researchers analysed 2000 tumour...
View ArticleQuel Horreur! Cry French Chefs
Quel Horreur! France’s most distinguished chefs are trembling at the prospect that disgruntled diners can describe dining fiascos in the world’s most influential restaurant guide. The august Michelin...
View ArticleFarewell to my lovely Frenchman
It is time to share with you that my darling husband, Olivier Foubert died peacefully on Friday, May 11, after a 16-month journey with advanced prostate cancer. One of my Facebook friends wrote that...
View ArticleFrench Politics on the Cusp of Change
We are glued to coverage of the French presidential elections and each morning French-Australian husband Olivier takes himself into the lounge to watch the French news on SBS at 10:20am. He is a...
View ArticleHome-based Palliative Care a Team Effort
Once more beloved husband Olivier arrives home from hospital, but this time by ambulance. This is a special home-coming, though, because the other option was to send him to a hospice. Even though his...
View ArticleQuel Horreur! Cry French Chefs
Quel Horreur! France’s most distinguished chefs are trembling at the prospect that disgruntled diners can describe dining fiascos in the world’s most influential restaurant guide. The august Michelin...
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