A Good Economy for a Lovely Place to Live

A lovely place to live does not just happen.  It requires co-operative ingenuity, a great deal of observation, trial and error, experimentation, learning, memory, teaching, and good leadership if we are to develop and implement...

Affectionate and Appreciative Recipients of Gifts

Whenever I have had an exceptionally busy or difficult few days, I like to relax on my own for a while with a cup of tea, either on...

The Best Australian Awards Award

Australians are awarded international prizes on a reasonably frequent basis.  They also award themselves awards to a rather excessive extent, if the Walkleys and the ARIAs are any indication.  Excellence should always...

The Finest and Most Enlightened Australian News Service

As you are probably aware, dear gentle reader, one of my many important duties involves the editorial supervision of the Adelaide Adagia news service.  I am sure...

The Genuine Article

As an enlightened being, I am never impressed by glossy superficiality, inappropriate reproductions, ridiculous remakes, unfortunate...

Many Discerning Audience Members

Respect for one's paying audience is the first rule of any self-respecting artist, especially an artist who sometimes desires a good dinner.  Earning a living through one's art should never be taken for granted.  Nor should...

Nothing Automatic

As one of the world's most creative institutions, nothing of any ethereal importance is ever automatic at the International Training Centre for the Harmonious Interplay of Beauty, Understanding and Magnificence.  All our material and digital communicative inputs...

Off With Their Conveyor Belts

Persons of the 18th century Enlightenment, and its 21st century enhanced version, should not be blamed for a hideously misunderstood invention, namely the conveyor belt.  If you have been required to...

Unfortunate States of Absurdity

Whether you are familiar with the opinions expressed by Monsieur Camus, Mr Magoo, or a White-tailed gnu, I am sure you have something to say on the topic of absurdity.  One of the most absurd situations in the world is...

Suitably Scientific Twaklin

Whilst looking at your glowing computational screen, dear reader, you may often be quite charmed by its luminous efficacy.  You may appreciate...

A Parlour Meant for Peace

As you may be aware, dear reader, I am often envisaged as the personification of metropolitan Adelaide.  I am a slim yet shapely lady, elegantly gracing...

For the Good of Society

Cleaning up corruption and creating world peace are important tasks for any suitably informed citizen.  Such citizens know that freedom of the press is not the same as good journalism, change is not the same as...

Universally Appropriate Proportions

The leaders of the Australian Political Reform Club have asked me to take over their task during the current crisis of the global economy.  Enlightened leadership is frequently lacking in the world today, hence...

An Introduction to Timeless Wisdom

There have been many interesting conversations in the hallway of my little villa recently, one of the most important of which has been on the topic of sovereignty.   Queen Adelaide and Professor Erasmus have been the most notable contributors to...

Sound Advice

In the composition of an opera, the music is always of primary importance.  In the performance of an opera, the voices of the singers are of primary importance.  If anything else is given...

The Floating Timeline of Twaklin

One of my many beautiful duties is to assist anyone who suffers from an unfortunate excess of unnecessary misery.  Admirable composure, like the composition of a great opera, requires a certain poise and inner stability within one's floating timeline.  It is why...

Something Especially Uplifting

Industrial relations in Australia, as elsewhere, may often be observed as a comic farce, at least by persons who are not aware of any...