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  • my homeland is burning

    ttp://www.theage.com.au/national/huge-wandong-blaze-kills-14-people-rips-through-homes-20090207-80fv.html?page=-1

  • HOORAY!!! Sometimes the GOOD GUYS WIN!!!!!

    hurrahfor thenewPrime Minister of Australia!and our new government! May they reign long and just!; may they be true to their mandate; bring our people home from war,protect our environmentand reinstate a welfare statewh…

  • Australian Citizenship Test

    again from our adorable Australian correspondent 2007 Australian Citizenship test 1. Do you understand the meaning, but are unable to explain the origin of, the term "died in the a*se"? _______________________________…

  • new floor . . .

    everytime i promise to try harder to post i seem to fall even further behind. this time i'll promise to make no promises and maybe it will work out better . . .:Pmadness reigns here in any case as we are getting a new f…

  • holidays!

    this is my mid-year, one-week holidays! this time last year we were at the beach! seems like about 5 years ago; it has been a huge year!- improbably rich and fabulous, on a personal scale, at least . . . just ridiculou…

  • burning!

    in costa rica - as in most everywhere else - our weather is being unseasonal(and I was shaken awake by a 4.7 tremor last night - i heard something in the house crash, but couldn't find what had fallen today . . .)but wit…

  • the washington report: and we kept thinking. . . .wow! walking the in footsteps of bart simpson . . . *the amazing and unexpected thing, and most gratifying it was too, about the USamerican attitude to their great monu…

  • where have i been? better to ask where have i NOT been. and most outstanding amongst these significant destinations where i been NOT is : HOMEwil likes to talk all nostalgically about home - his home too for 5 years - b…

  • govt advice making it sound exciting to live where you live: Costa Rica This Advice is current for Saturday, 05 February 2005. The Advice was issued on Friday, 04 February 2005, 10:51:16, AEDT. This advice has been revi…

  • since my last computer lost its mind, and nearly all my previously scanned photos in the process, I've had the task of rescanning many old photos for a new version of wil's website. in many ways a blessing in disguise be…