PULP
PULP – what remains from the olive press
Posted by Posted by How to make Olive Oil
Posted by I have been asked how one might make olive oil, with the olives from a solitary tree and without an olive press. A recent trip to Mildura, post olive oil production and enlightened to learn from Giuseppa Callipari, that making it without a machine was a practice in Natile, Calabria for those who did not…Read more »
Going back
Posted by a memoir about growing up Italian in regional Victoria It was the end of the Millennium when the voice in my head was the eco of the red bubble-gum MAC computer, whenever I hit the wrong button: “It’s not my fault”– became embedded in my head on repeat. I did not know that this was…Read more »
Medical Literacy
Posted by For all my efforts to obtain clarity of health, the medical system is like a maze that leads to another puzzle, going deeper into the ailment that called for attention. Gone are the days when you could go to the doctor and get help- one place, one solution. Now we go to the doctor to…Read more »
Taming Anxiety
Posted by I’ve finally cracked the anxiety code. This doesn’t mean I’ve tamed it, but I know what triggers it. At least for myself, though others may be different. I have this insatiable hunger that nibbles at my conscience most evenings soon following dinner. I’ve tried protein shakes, fruit and yoghurt to satiate. My weakest point, the…Read more »
Suggestion Coax Calculated Thought
Posted by Every morning I sit down with a cup of tea to write, and find myself distracted by online shopping, or other mindless tasks, that take met to LaLaLa land – zoning out. We probably need an element of zoning out to know that we need to zone in. When we recognise the drift of thoughts,…Read more »
Letting Go
Posted by As the foreign one be warned that you will have to “PROVE” that what you do is important, makes a difference, provides an impact, changes lives, enables. You will be reminded that you are ‘never good enough’, Often. You must always compromise, Be the humble hero, The silent poppy cut down. Submit. You will be…Read more »
The Internal Voice
Posted by It’s like my inside self is an introverted version of my outside self: -A melancholy observer of good, bad, right, wrong, ethical & unethical. -Perched judge, scanning the landscape. -A banter tugging on “What really matters?” COVID elicits the internal voice like a -Submarine charting unguarded waters, -Titanic dodging icebergs, – minefield of exploding thoughts.…Read more »
Return of the virus
Posted by What are the things that I LOVE and why do I have to keep reminding myself that I LOVE them? Today the virus has returned. I’m sure this virus has embodied me since birth. And no it’s definitely not related to the COVID. It comes after intense moments of stress. This stress often comes after…Read more »
Sixty Years
Posted by Happy Wedding Anniversary – Giuseppe and Giuseppa Callipari 18 June 1960
Give a Pickle
Posted by I have observed that the best ideas flow from the relaxation of a morning shower. A little spark came to me and I acted upon it. I was to make pickles. It was a beautiful warm autumn day. COVID 19 restrictions meant stay @ home. So I set up in the driveway. Table, chair, chopping…Read more »
The Little Cooper Street Library
Posted by “A room without books is like a body without a soul” – Marcus Tullius Cicero So we built a room to house books. It is our great pleasure to contribute the Little Cooper Street Library to out neighbourhood. On my request, craftsman Mark Patton built and installed it during 2020 COVID 19 and my tiny…Read more »
