I’m glad we’re not Optus customers. The theft of something like ten million customer records from the Telco’s databases is … frightening. I can understand why Optus would have a record of people’s phone numbers and addresses but it took … Continued
The funeral is over, the Queen has been buried beside her parents, her sister, and her beloved husband. So ends the second Elizabethan era. I think history will treat this remarkable woman kindly. She lived through tumultuous times; the abdication … Continued
The news is still full of the life and times of Queen Elizabeth – and now the beginning of the reign of Charles III. I can’t help but feel that he comes across as surprised and delighted at the public … Continued
We’ve been home from our France trip for about five weeks now. We’ve both had lingering coughs and are still feeling lethargic, probably left overs from covid. But life goes on. We’ve finally received our new Rav 4 which we … Continued
We awoke on Friday morning to the news that Queen Elizabeth the second had died. I can’t say we were surprised. The last time we saw her on TV, just a day or two ago, she looked, for the first … Continued
We were early off the ship on our way home, a 7:30 pick-up. It wasn’t supposed to be like that. When we booked our flights a few months before our visit to France, We flew Singapore airlines between Frankfurt and … Continued
SS Catherine moored overnight at the village of Viviers. As usual, we waited until the passengers had departed for their excursions – one of which was to the famous Châteauneuf-du-Pape vineyard. Oh well. Some more excellent wine missed. We walked … Continued
Peter and I both spent the first day of quarantine (after we got back from being tested) in our respective cabins resting and watching out the window as the ship turned around and headed back to Lyon. When we awoke … Continued
