Bob The Chook goes on the web

Bob the Chook shows the way to the kids Today I spoke by video on my computer with some children in a school in Qld.  They asked questions and I answered them as best I could. To show the kids one of the things I do to live by growing my own food I held one of the chooks, Bob, in my arms for most of the 45 minutes of our discussion.  Bob was the star.  To persuade Bob to relax and be a webstar I held a little container of oats for her to peck. The questions from the kids were... Read More

Barrenjoey trip

Socks get a great view from Barrenjoey On Sunday I went to Barrenjoey for the night.  It’s an hour’s drive from Chippendale to Palm Beach. On Monday I climbed Barrenjoey to the lighthouse and found a rock with a view to the south over Palm Beach and Pittwater. My socks, as seen in the photo above, obtained a fine view. All this within an hour of the city.  What a great city Sydney is. M  Read More

Comments

My web manager has managed to teach me how to enable comments on this blog. A step at a time, here. Anyway, it would be beaut to hear from you with your questions, suggestions, doubts, differing views, other projects and so make this a richer place to find information. Your comments of all kinds are welcome.  Go to, please. M  Read More

ABC doco on Fran Bodkin

The ABC TV documentary on Fran Bodkin will be broadcast this Sunday 15th August at 1:30 PM on ABC1. This program will then be repeated on ABC1 the following Saturday at 11:30AM & will go online this Monday at   www.abc.net… Fran lives, breathes, talks Australian plants, animals and indigenous history. And Fran has inspired me every single time we’ve spoken.  Her knowledge brings me to silence as I listen and contemplate things right in front of me that, until... Read More