Category Archives: Ian’s Posts

As I said to my grandson, if it waddles like a chicken and quacks like a chicken, it’s probably a duck. Comments: Ian Short: What I actually said was “…it’s probably a small-billed waterfowl of the Anatinae family”. Doug Jacquier … Continue reading →

Fifty-three years ago today, 6 October started off as just another Tuesday. The last thing I felt like doing on a week-day evening after a hard day’s teaching in a north London school was going out and meeting a random … Continue reading →

At the Adelaide “Yes” rally, marching along King William Street, meeting the head of the column on its way back. Comments Roy Birch “Yes” to what, exactly ? Ian Short to Roy Birch. Yes to the recognition of Indigenous Australians … Continue reading →

As I finished Burt Surmon’s latest book ‘Da Capo’ while sitting in glorious Spring sunshine in my garden in Adelaide, I asked myself the question that I have asked other people from time to time: What was the defining moment, … Continue reading →

Thank you all for your kind comments on my birthday. It reinforces my belief in George Bernard Shaw’s philosophy: “We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” Comments Ian Short:    …so I’ll keep … Continue reading →

Here we go again – Rock ‘n’ Roll on a Sunday morning 20 August at The Gov in the big Venue. Three bands from 10.30am. Our band – 6RPM – is on second at 11.30am. Club Cool is a concert … Continue reading →

First day of winter in Adelaide, and our ginkgo tree still has plenty more leaves to drop.

It’s the last day of autumn; tomorrow is the official start of winter but our triffid-like tomato plants just keep giving.

Keen crowd queueing to hear Prime Minister Anthony Albanese deliver the 2023 Lowitja O’Donoghue Oration tonight. He spoke passionately and persuasively about the Indigenous Voice to Parliament.

It’s beginning to look like autumn in the garden.