At Home with Twaklin

The idea of "home" is often linked to ideas about the past, rather than the future.  Although we may seek a home in an effort to...

Elegant Sufficiency

I am very fond of suitable food, suitable music, suitable art and suitable literature.  The suitable is often beautiful, especially when one does not wish to...

Beautifully Consensual Reforms

All peacefully mature relationships are based on well informed, mutual consent.  This applies at all levels of society, from the interpersonal level to an international basis.  Unfortunately, personal enthusiasm is often mistaken for...

A Glass of Wine and a Cup of Tea

Learning about a variety of ideas, mythologies, and romantic views of the past, frequently inspires creative persons on an emotional level.  Learning about scientific ideas frequently inspires enlightened beings...

Two New Supermodels Required

Opportunities currently exist in Adelaide for two new supermodels to be employed on ten year contracts.  Each supermodel will be paid a substantial annual salary, some of which will be derived from public funds.  Should you wish to apply...

Expressions of Reasonable Convenience

My grasp of ideas comes from a wide range of sources, most of which usually involve the intervention of the English language.  I do not have much of a direct understanding of...

A Proclamation of Harmonious Intentions

Proclamations are rarely a consequence of democratic procedures.  Whenever I wish to make a formal public announcement, I do so through a blog-pamphlet, a twitterly leaflet, a facebookian invitation, or through...

Naked Emperors and Other Nincompoops

People are often generous in a crisis. Perhaps it makes them feel less powerless. Governments in the northern hemisphere have been very generous to distressed bankers in recent years.  Such governments have been far less generous to...

Cooking and Composing

Moderation is often to be commended in a kitchen and upon a keyboard, unless one hopes to gain great wealth from...

Some Very Important Information

It would be very nice if Monsieur Fragonard would remind all persons, of all ages, of the dangers of both flirting and voyeurism.  He often forgets that members of the 21st century international public should be encouraged to adopt suitable standards of personal and interpersonal hygiene and...

In a Twinkling of a Lie

Any much loved music has a uniquely personal history.  Have you ever thought about a familiar and pleasant tune and then discovered...

Reflecting Upon Reasonably Recent History

History is often a very interesting topic for examination, with or without the assistance of...

Dramatic Action and Events in Adelaide

Dramatic events are often emotionally intense, regardless of whether they are perceived to be factual or fictional.  In aiming for accuracy, it should be noted that drama really denotes a purely fictional performance rather than...

A Pleasant Sense of Purpose

I am very pleased that I do not need to search for a sense of purpose. My daily activities have plenty of purpose.  They also have a...

The Art of Tea

Although ceremonies can sometimes be refreshing, I am not very fond of ceremonial green tea.  My preference is for black tea, ideally from...

The Route to Surf Doom

It is with some relief that I am able to inform you, dear reader, that the house next door to my own will remain unoccupied for the foreseeable future.  No material or ethereal personages will be inhabiting the premise, the reason being that it is now...

Adelaide and WOMADelaide Ways to Judge Music

Young persons often relate to other young persons in ways that depend on whether they express the same tastes in music. Older people sometimes have a nostalgic attachment to the music of their own younger days.  Enlightened persons seek...

Adelaide Horses and Cups of Tea

My horses and I are very pleased to welcome all new students to the International Training Centre for the Harmonious Interplay of Beauty, Understanding and Magnificence here in Adelaide.  Good training and good breeding are far more civilised than...

Celebrating Success

A great many ladies are gathering today in my boudoir for International Women's Day.  We are celebrating our success.  Will you...

The Art of the Frugal and the Fugal

Do you enjoy a toccata or two from time to time?  Although I would never advise folly, I am sure most persons would be quite accepting of a follia or folia, should circumstances require it.

I am personally also quite fond of foliage, especially as it is now autumn in Adelaide.  It is always important to...

Fruitfully Superior

Whether you are a C-suite personage like me, or not, it is important to recognise that superior opinions are likely to be...

Rescheduling the Adelaide Festival of Incompatible Entertainments

Whenever there is likely to be a noxious smell or obnoxious noise in Adelaide, I usually attempt to keep my distance from such unpleasantness.  This is especially so during...

Public Lives of the Rich and Infamous

An even bigger crisis than any of those I usually recount appears to be opening up before me.  I have just received notification that...

Beautifully Balanced Opinions

There are many persons who are envious of my beautifully balanced opinions.  I communicate in a dignified and insightful manner in order to ascertain the biases in other people's points of view.  This is especially beneficial whenever I find myself...

Elegant Unconventionality in Digital Relationships

I received a beautifully handwritten letter this morning, inviting me to deliver the keynote address at one of the most important and prestigious...