Putting out the washing is always a chore but it is much more enjoyable in spring when you can enjoy the bank see Rose in full bloom!
Kristen Alexander
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Aust aviation & captivity historian. 6th book Kriegies: The Australian Airmen of Stalag Luft III (alexanderfaxbooks.com.au or Amazon) winner 2024 NSW Premier's History Awards. Reading, cats & cake. #IAmWriting (at last!)
Our neighbourhood has some stunning gardens. The little pink rose is ours. It struggles, each year, to produce one, maybe two blooms. It needs a good hard prune but more desperately, sunshine. The original owners planted it in what turned out to be, over the decades, shade.
Perfect! I smugly thought when I typed the last full stop of the first draft. As the red pen attests, I was wrong. Hopefully things will improve by the fifth or sixth draft.
It is extremely funny that fear of negative PR has created a clearance process that is so slow that it is generating negative PR
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Just out in War & Society (open access!): "Hegemonic masculinities and post-war reconciliation in Kenya during and after the Mau Mau Uprising (1952–60)" I look at how Kenyatta and the Gikuyu elite... www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Hegemonic masculinities and post-war reconciliation in Kenya during and after the Mau Mau Uprising (1952–60)
This article examines how the reconstruction of masculinity shaped Kenya’s post-colonial reconciliation following the Mau Mau Uprising (1952–60). It argues that debates over male authority, rooted ...
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Espied on our afternoon walk. A wall of azaleas, right around the corner house. Who needs fences when you can such colourful shrubs. Brilliant!
I am still salivating at the thought of this superb buttermilk cake. Wish I had thought to get a take home pack!
Found on the street! I guess we have Nic to thank for these little treasures. Given the festive theme of two of them, perhaps I should save them for a Christmas stocking. Scarily, we have to start thinking of that soon!
Some more of the locals getting into the pre-Halloween swing of things.
I've only recently become acquainted with the Australian Women's Register which highlights the achievements of extraordinary women. I confess I only knew Sonia McMahon because of that dress & as a prime ministerial appendage. I stand embarrassed and corrected. www.womenaustralia.info/entries/mcma...
McMahon, Sonia | AWR
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Mainly random shots of divine wisteria round the neighbourhood. One is from University House.
Two walks: lunch time with blossoms; end of day with spectacular sky. I may live in suburbia but it has so many different 'faces'. Every walk, even if on the same path, is a surprise.
A mid-morning treat. Chocolate, chai, and croissant!
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Worker bees! While they are out gardening, I am in the office office-ing. It's going to be a tiring day for all of us.
For various reasons the trip to Tulip Tops has been deferred until next year. Something to look forward to! It was a beautiful day so I decided to hike out in search of local blossoms and my, what a magnificent display! At the wetlands, just a ten minute or so walk from home.
That melting moment is huge! And it is one of the best I have tasted. And only four dollars!
I've just heard from the Australian Dictionary of Biography that my article on Jack Sandford (30 Squadron; Beaufighter pilot extraordinaire) has gone online. Check it out! It's my 5th for the Dictionary & is coincidentally published exactly 8 years after my 1st entry! adb.anu.edu.au/biography/sa...
I definitely have to be careful! This cupcake is called Death by Chocolate. That's a skull on the top!
Blast from the Past (Issue 2 2005). War & Society doesn't just publish army-related articles! In recognition of the Battle of Britain's 86th anniversary, check out Jeremy A Crang's 'Identifying the Few: The Personalisation of a Heroic Military Elite'. www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
It’s been one week since @historyaustralia.bsky.social published ‘Archives & memory: glimpses of abuse & violence in ex-POW homes’ and it’s had over 100 views! Thank you, readers. This article means a lot to me and I am pleased to share it with you. Open access. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Twilight walks are getting dangerous. Yesterday, I was razzed three times by an over protective magpie (as if I could climb high enough to get at their nests) and today, once. In different spots; different routes. Note to self: change direction (again) and wear your sun hat - even at dusk.
Reposting this piece for the Bluesky crowd. Wartime and Post-War Rape in Franco's Spain | The Historical Journal | Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
WARTIME AND POST-WAR RAPE IN FRANCO'S SPAIN | The Historical Journal | Cambridge Core
WARTIME AND POST-WAR RAPE IN FRANCO'S SPAIN - Volume 64 Issue 4
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