Almanac Poetry: Bruce Dawe’s ‘Figgy: A portrait’ (For Kaye Liset)

John Harms’s old school mate Kaye Liset became good friends with Bruce and Liz Dawe in a somewhat novel way. Bruce wrote a poem about her dog.

Almanac Life: Dawning Realisations

Nicole Kelly has found a way to fit more into her life while rediscovering the simple pleasures of an early morning start – all because of Dash Kelly.

Almanac Life: A Covid-19 walk with Colin and a mask….

Yvette Wroby is out and about walking her dog Colin. She has created some drawings of their walk.

Almanac (Footy) Memoir: Snakes in the goal square

Sports journalist Ron Reed tells more fabulous footy tales from the Dennington Dogs; this time, the ‘bit unusual’ Robbo, the snake catcher.

The Cygnet, the Cat and the Goldfish

The Cygnet training with Yuki. Yuki is a Geelong supporter, think about it   Footy and My Pets by The Cygnet Year 2, age 7 ½ For Christmas last year, I got a kitten. She is dark grey all over with tiny white socks on her paws, a white belly and chest and chin. I [Read more]