HMAS Melbourne entering Sydney Harbor There comes a point in a cruise when they cannot keep the ship at sea any longer, since it needs repairs or parts or something that is difficult to get while underway.   Sometimes the mission is over, or someone else has been ordered to go forward and do it […]

24 June 2007   This Old House It was cold again this morning- near freezing- but the air was dense and alive with a physical presence. The street people and I were moderately interested in the two pastel-colored hot air balloons that crossed Lake Burley Griffin and came over the downtown area around eight. The […]

  Tony Blair is going to finally step down this week as Prime Minister of Great Britain, and consequently there are stories in the press all over the Commonwealth about his prospective legacy. There are informed accounts that say he is going to convert to the Church of Rome, be designated a UN Ambassador without […]

18 June 2007   Robin Hood You find comfort in the strangest places sometimes, for some the Blimpy Burger, others the bottle, and still others the pleasure of the flesh.   I found it on ABC last night. No, not the American Broadcasting Corporation- the other one. Robin Hood was broadcast, the latest in dozens […]

View Larger Image Overview:   In the course of business, it is important to capture critical lessons-learned to enable successful new enterprises.   A tremendously valuable positioning in an overseas market has led to the Company being selected as the prime vendor of choice for the Government Customer Down Under. In order to continue the […]

16 June 2007   The National Museum     The drought is over up north, and that is a good thing. Sydney got pummeled again, on its way to the wettest June in four decades. This following the awful dry; and the floods. The Portuguese training tall ship Esmerelda had to stand back out to […]

14 June 2007   The Ministry I see by the only connection to North America I have- the little clock in the lower right hand corner of the computer screen- that as I sit down for the first time it is late afternoon yesterday in the other Capital City I live in.   The hotel […]

  After all the miles, yesterday was the Money Day. I was in my suit, and prepared to go to work. That was going to be a bit of a trick, since I have no map, except for the one I was able to conjure up on the computer, and though I dutifully copied down […]

There was nothing in the air that a very long walk, some intensive and sobering history, and a Victoria Bitters at King O’Mally’s down the street couldn’t cure- that and Ivan, the Croatian, who had an opinion on everything.   Ivan was not drinking; he was in his shop filled with sport jerseys of every […]

Novotel Hotel Room, Canberra, in wide angle lens The first thing I heard after landing in the Capital was about Paris.   There is only one baggage carousel at Canberra, though there are flights out all the time. The Navy Chief was arriving, if the three-star-car out front with the Bo’sun Warrant Officer next it […]