Funny how things change. A bookworm was once simply a collective noun for bugs like silverfish and linoleum beetles that inhabit and devour pages in books, but it became an idiom for someone who studies or reads them more than normal. Some of the 450 people who walk into the City of Victor Harbor Public Library daily and cast their eyes over the 350-plus items – not to … [Read more...] about Bookworms eating their own words
Planting a seed in your mind
Some may see Andrew Barker as a greenie who has eaten one too many organic lentil. He has different views, and yes, his pet cat was from a rescue home. But he is highly intelligent, and his incredibly simplistic theory on how we should survive in this world is literally food for thought. There are three basic elements we need for our bodies to survive, and the first two are … [Read more...] about Planting a seed in your mind
Every family deserves happy memories
Talk of health care environment in which children constantly battle to survive becomes a turn-off for many because it causes distress. But behind this story of suffering there is also a beautiful picture, so please read on. It is about a wonderful team of caring people who soak up all the sad lines and somehow convert them into editions of joy. They live by a few simple yet … [Read more...] about Every family deserves happy memories
Film of Dreams
When aged 12, Steven Spielberg became a boy scout and fulfilled a requirement for the photography merit badge by making his first nine-minute 8mm film entitled The Last Gunfight. It wasn't a box office hit, unlike just about everything in years to follow. Now 60 years on, there is a film festival in our backyard that presents screen-breaking opportunities that, who knows, … [Read more...] about Film of Dreams