Issue 39

Mike’s Pith & Wind cont. Good coffee can make my day. Bad coffee (like bad wine) can leave me confused and depressed. I love tea. Tea is dependable. If I want to be refreshed, especially on a hot, sweaty day, tea is the drink. Iced tea? Love it. Herbal teas? Quite like some of them….

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..countries, which makes it more anodyne and less interesting. Low scores and fans with attention deficit disorder don’t help the cause either American Gridiron has the maniacal belief in logistics and tactical overkill that characterises American diplomacy or warfare. Multiple specialist teams composed of specially bred enormous and largely expendable grunts clad in full body…

..condition, in this version at least, than just the specified young-man-driven-to-suicide-by-faithless-lover motif and of course the dancers themselves are simply spectacular, with Marie-Agnès Gillot imposingly impressive. I’ve watched it a few times now (I even showed it to Bill) and I’ve shed a few tears every time – it’s that sublime. An interesting sidelight; when…

..am easily led by my friends who think it will be a good thing and within my capabilities. The event takes two days and the first day goes from Bright, over Mount Hotham to Omeo. The second day goes from Omeo over the back road to Falls Creek and thence over Tawonga Gap back to…