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Hi, I’m Rob Greaves and I’m a Feature Writer, Administrator and ‘Editor-in Training’ at the Toorak Times, sometimes I publish under Rob and sometimes under ras-x.
This is the first posting in a new on-going, if not somewhat ad-hoc column, to be called “Ruminations From My Veranda”.
When I’m not writing, I might be working on my weekly 30-minute national radio program, Listen To Older Voices, that is funded through the Victorian Government and hosted Wesley Mission Victoria. Incidentally, it's published weekly on the Toorak Times.
If I’m not doing that job I might be working in my two day a week position as the Pre-Accredited, Leisure & Lifestyle Course Coordinator at the Upper Yarra Community College. Then, I also fit in time to play and compose music, as well as record other artists on occasions in my ‘micro-studio, and finally, I’m a poker fanatic (No Limit Texas Holdem).
Yet I also spend a lot of time on my veranda, which is located in Belgrave, in the Dandenong Ranges outside Melbourne. It’s multipurpose and I use it to work on my Macbook, to sit with friends and drink wine, to sit with my dogs, to read and, to ruminate.
My Veranda
The Oxford Dictionary defines ruminate as – ‘a verb’: “To think deeply about something”.
I find it a very relaxing place as it is quiet and the view of the hills around me is very peaceful and conducive to considering the woes and triumphs, the chaos and clarity of the world around me. And so it pleases me to take the opportunity to share those ruminations that I believe will strike a chord in readers, maybe upset some of you; maybe I will have some of you nodding in agreement.
One of the views from my Veranda
I don’t see “Ruminations From My Veranda” as being a series of tomes, or indeed even in-depth analysis of events, people, places and such like but rather, it should be some considered opinions that may or may not be in sympathy with the thoughts of readers of the Toorak Times. I will certainly try and make them interesting and challenging.
So my first ‘rumination’ has been to consider whether I wanted to go through with this column and if so, in what form it will take. There will certainly be no lack of ‘things’ to ruminate over!
I hope you will enjoy them, at least some of them!
Rob