Ruminations From The Veranda - #14

“Ruminate – to think deeply about something” (Oxford Dictionary)

THE HUMAN SPIRIT – our task is to share what we know of the human spirit, and suddenly we discover that we were never truly alone

Hi, I’m Rob Greaves.

This is the fourteenth posting in this on-going, if not somewhat ad-hoc column called “Ruminations From My Verandah”. This afternoon I am drinking a 2011 Grant Burge Cab/Merlot, from the Barossa Valley. I am amazed at the overall rich flav...

TIREDNESS – Life is one long process of getting tired (Samuel Butler)

Hi, I’m Rob Greaves.

This is the thirteenth posting in this on-going, if not somewhat ad-hoc column called “Ruminations From My Verandah”. I sit here with a modest bottle of 2010 Jacobs Creek Shiraz/Cab and not being a Shiraz drinker normally, I'm actually appreciating the blended flavour, its been so long since I've drunk it. The colour really is a blood red and while the flavo...

NEIGHBOURS – A wholesome oblivion of one's neighbours is the beginning of wisdom!

Hi, I’m Rob Greaves.

This is the twelfth posting in this on-going, if not somewhat ad-hoc column called “Ruminations From My Verandah”. I'm certainly not ruminating on my verandah as often as I would like now Winter has really hit, cafe heater or not! But there has been a milder edge to the evenings of late, and so June (my life partner) and I have both taken to si...

DOGS AS COMPANIONS

Hi, I’m Rob Greaves and I’m a Feature Writer and one of two Administrators at the Toorak Times, sometimes I publish under Rob and sometimes under ras-x. This is the sixth posting in this on-going, if not somewhat ad-hoc column called “Ruminations From My Veranda”. It's now Friday evening and it's 5:10pm, and from my veranda the sun is preparing to set behind the hills that mask Belgrave from the 'flat-lands', leading down to the City of Melbour...

FRIENDS – Can't do without 'em, can't do without 'em!

Hi, I’m Rob Greaves. This is the eleventh posting in this on-going, if not somewhat ad-hoc column called “Ruminations From My Verandah”. Friendship is such an important thing, sometimes I believe we take it for granted, sometimes I think we abuse it, sometimes I think we use it – appropriately and inappropriately! I’m sitting here right now on my veranda with some chilli dip, some salsa dip and a pretty n...

Retirement – It's staring at me in the face! Do I just ignore it?

Hi, I’m Rob Greaves.

This is the tenth posting in this on-going, if not somewhat ad-hoc column called “Ruminations From My Verandah”. OK, let's face it, these days may be sunny, but they are damn cold, and once the sun goes down behind the hills up here in Belgrave, it moves wayyyy beyond 'damn cold', to bloody freezing! But that Café heater is on and there is a recently opened bottl...

POLITICS – We haven’t had the election, and I’m fed up to the teeth!

Hi, I’m Rob Greaves. This is the ninth posting in this on-going, if not somewhat ad-hoc column called “Ruminations From My Verandah”. It’s not exactly a balmy Queens birthday afternoon in Melbourne, although the sun keeps breaking through, and when the cool breeze dies down it becomes very, very pleasant on the veranda! So, I’ve turned the Café heater on, and with a glass of Capel Vale 2011 ...

Our Mortality and how my thoughts have changed over the years!

Hi, I’m Rob Greaves. This is the eighth posting in this on-going, if not somewhat ad-hoc column called “Ruminations From My Veranda”. Well last posting I said I was missing Autumn, let alone Summer. Well it is close enough day wise for Winter, bold enough to declare, "It is here"! So like posting #7, 'Big Mac' (my Macbook Pro) and I are at the table on the verandah with the cafe heater on fu...

What has happened to Justice?
Hi, I’m Rob Greaves and sometimes I publish under Rob and sometimes under ras-x. This is the seventh posting in this on-going, if not somewhat ad-hoc column called “Ruminations From My Veranda”. First of all I'm definitely missing Autumn, let alone Summer. It's bloody cold out here on the verandah but fortunately I have a cafe style gas heater, which means as long as 'Big Mac' (my Macbook Pro) and I sit at the table, where the h...

DOGS AS COMPANIONS



Hi, I’m Rob Greaves and I’m a Feature Writer and one of two Administrators at the Toorak Times, sometimes I publish under Rob and sometimes under ras-x.

This is the sixth posting in this on-going, if not somewhat ad-hoc column called “Ruminations From My Veranda”.
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