A fruitful way
There are myriad ways to bring pleasure into our lives and it helps to know that spontaneity is one element of longevity. So, when husband Olivier suddenly suggested we take a different road home to...
View ArticleMushrooming in Kuipo Forest
Sunday, March 27: Another day of pure pleasure searching for the rare cepe mushrooms in Kuitpo Forest. Cepe is a rare mushroom in Australia, but sells for up to 100 Euros a kilogram in France because...
View ArticleOur February Christmas
My adult children from London, daughter Serena, husband Jon and my three grand-children, arrive in Adelaide in the middle of a storm in February. Poor things. They hate London’s dreary, dismal weather...
View ArticleLove survives “minefield” of marriages
Bride-to-be Philipa Charlesworth, of Goolwa, exudes all the joy of a first-time bride as she shows off the exquisite Pacific-island design of her wedding gown which she will wear in Tongo in June. Yet,...
View ArticleRelay for life
My son, Tyson, who lost his dad in November, and his wife Vanessa are doing something very special. They have mounted a Relay For Life team raising funds for The Cancer Council of South Australia and...
View ArticleDiane von Furstenberg
Here is a gem of wisdom about design from evergreen fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg. “There is design and there is art. Good design is total harmony. There is no better design than nature. If...
View ArticleVale Jackson
How valuable it is to listen to others because, my friend Jayne, told me how to say goodbye to our beloved funny, fluffy small dog, Jackson. “Take him in your arms, Nadine’,’’ she said. “Whatever you...
View ArticleFamily Fun When Felicia Turns 40
News that princess-in-waiting, Kate Middleton is staying in a hotel surrounded by her family and close friends before her Royal wedding, reminds me of my own family’s humble hotel experience. Daughter...
View ArticleFleurieu – a Treasury of Tourist Treats
Sometimes it takes someone from overseas to come to the state to confirm what we have always known that South Australia really is the best tourist destination in Australia.. Last weekend renowned...
View ArticleForever Faithfull
Marianne Faithfull must surely be feline because she has lived many lives to emerge in her later years a revered musical artist. Six years ago when I was the celebrity columnist at The Advertiser in...
View ArticleHouse of sticks
Time has passed and our future home – once a house of sticks – has become a half-finished building, clad in Hebel and capped with an iron roof. Brickwork is complete, aluminium windows and sliding...
View ArticleCepes and Citron dishes from My French kitchen
Rarely does French husband venture into my kitchen when I am at work, but this morning we are standing side by side by the hotplates making French dishes. At the big element he is sauté-ing cepe...
View ArticleOlivier’s sailing success –
Sunday, May 15: Olivier’s week has been wonderful. He has packed the three months since his diagnosis of advanced prostate cancer with a round of new projects which would exhaust a much younger man. He...
View ArticleVisit to the oncologist
Tuesday, May 17: From elation to trepidation, Olivier and I attend Tennyson Centre to visit his oncologist, Dr Francis Parnis to find out if the hormone treatment is stopping the spread of cancer in...
View ArticleA Date with a Dying Man
Thursday, May 19: We are visiting a gravely ill male friend who is in the latter stages of advanced prostate cancer. It is the hardest task for us because husband Olivier was diagnosed with the same...
View ArticleCelebs and Culture – May 2011
Congratulations to gifted Adelaide naive artist, Marie Jonsson-Harrison, whose work will be shown at the prestigious 4th World Festival of Art Naif Katowice (Naive Art Exhibition) in Poland. Marie and...
View Articletwo for the girls
Grey-power is Good: Here’s a thought which is taking hold on the runways of the world. Since when have teenagers been known to buy haute couture? Well, why should teenagers with nubile bodies be used...
View ArticleStaving Off Ageing:
Yes, it’s a hellava way off, but by the year 2070 scientists expect to have found the key to slowing down the ageing process. Scientists are slowly piecing together the ageing process at the genetic...
View ArticleEn Primeur at The Mill Middleton
Queen Rose releases her two French wines at the Fleurieu. It could well have been in Provence, France on Sunda, May 22 at The Mill at Middleton when Ulithorne winemaker Rose Kentish presented the first...
View ArticleQuack Quack about Le Petit Canard Restaurant in Paris
By SERENA WILLIAMS: One of my “when I retire” fantasies is to have a native duck sanctuary cum farm. The idea would be to create a healthy environment for native ducks and geese and any species that...
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