I was involved, as usual, as an ambassador in South Australia’s Premier’s Reading Challenge in which children are given a medal for reading 12 books during the year. It’s a tremendous program which has increased children’s reading for pleasure, hurrah, as well as having a marked effect on their literacy. The premier, Mike [...]

Hard Times
There are only three of us in our tiny family and we’re devoted to each other, as you know, if you’ve been reading this website over the years. We’re a Goldilocks sort of family: Mother Bear, Father Bear and Baby Bear. When two of the bears are going through a lot, the [...]