by Sheridan | Apr 22, 2024 | Journal
Tough Bickies: The Original Anzac What was the original Anzac made of? The biscuit, that is, not the soldier.If you go to the Australian War Memorial in Canberra and hunt around in the research centre you’ll find it described as an army biscuit or Anzac wafer or...
by Sheridan | Mar 24, 2024 | Journal
What the Devil? Ever wondered why we celebrate Easter with eggs? Curious, isn’t it, especially when you discover that it’s not even a Christian tradition.The very word Easter derives its name from Eostre, or Eostrae, the Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring and...
by Sheridan | Dec 17, 2023 | Journal
A Truly Multicultural Christmas Curious, isn’t it, the way we continue to celebrate Christmas in Australia.Come December, and the official start of summer, shop interiors and department stores are filled with white-bearded Santas and reindeer; cards and Advent...
by Sheridan | Nov 26, 2023 | Journal
Search for: Ever heard of Houchoushiki? Most of us have heard of the Japanese tea ceremony, the cherry blossom ceremony and ikebana, but have you heard of, or seen, the traditional Japanese knife ceremony called Houchoushiki ?While it represents many essential aspects...
by Sheridan | Nov 5, 2023 | Journal
Golden Trumpets of Sunshine You’ve no doubt heard of the Eureka, the Meyer, the Lisbon and the Lemonade varieites of lemons but how about the Sfusato or more precisely the Sfusato Amalfitano? This is the golden trumpet the Italian poet Eugenio Montale refers to...
by Sheridan | Sep 24, 2023 | Journal
Search for: Marrakech Entanglements Please note that I wrote this story just before a 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck the High Atlas Mountains 75km southwest of Marrakech on September 8th. I was very lucky to have visited Anraz, one of the Berber villages nestled in...
