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My grandfather the Right Reverend JR Blanchard attended Queen Victoria’s coronation in London in 1953. I believe that my grandmother Clarissa Fox could have been the granddaughter of one of the aboriginal cricket team of 1868.The Second Approximately four and a half years ago, at the Queen Elisabeth memorial service at St Paul’s Cathedral in…
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Sammys big hitting excited his team One supporter called this the best single he had ever seen. (It broke a run of three ducks all out caught.) A great catch from a big bloke: Matty starred with bat and ball. Taking wickets. Saving runs. Hitting fours. Geoff Fox, December 16, 2025, Queenscliff, Australia, Travel Advisory:…
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Once a jolly soundman went out to BaliboInto a war he just couldn’t seeAnd he sang while they watched and waited for the news to come/whatever cameYou’ll come a waltzing matilda with me Out walked a local nunTo pray at a billabongUp jumped the soundman to sing harmony Feeling the magic of a simple village…
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Jacinta Allen, I write to you: A. as the grandson of a celebrity chef, Clarissa Fox, (my Nonna) who I believe could have been a granddaughter of one of the aboriginal cricket team of 1868 B. as the grandson of two distinguished theologians, Professor AC Fox (my puppa) and the Right Reverend JR Blanchard (my…
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Lord Mayor Nicholas Reece Yesterday, conservative Skynews commentator Andrew Bolt discussed a proposal by you to consider introducing British style AI intelligence cameras to Melbourne. Mr Bolt asked his audience: “Do you want to be safer or do you want to be spied on?” and said that rising crime and terrorism is turning Australia into…
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Dear Brad Green, President, Melbourne Football Club. Ron Barassi Senior is honored by the Melbourne Football Club with a medal for the third place getter in the club’s best and fairest. But his son? According to Wikipedia, the name Ronald Dale Barassi, is used in this one award: the Ron Barassi Medal (awarded to the…
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Apart from March 2nd being the birthday of Mikhail Gorbachev, it was one year ago today, at The Brit Awards, that Miley Cyrus, daughter of Billy Ray Cyrus, won Best International Song for “Flowers”, a celebration of the single life. For me the first verse of that song paints a realistic but very chilling picture…
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Simple. Rough. FROM THE HEART. I started making this on the twentieth of January and finished it today. January 21st, 2025, Australia
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