It was not a significant birthday, but one people might make jokes about. I was told not to plan anything for the day by Phyllis and Kosov, ...

It seemed curious to have a dinner party on a Monday night. I say dinner party, but it was five of us who were invited, and I was the only g...

I reduced Phyllis' and Kesav's rent with a few conditions, the major one being that if either or both of them are home at my dinner ...

I am quite organised, even to the point of mostly knowing what I am doing tomorrow. Jackie in Toronto posted this about organised  people. ...

Last week Phyllis asked if he could take Perl to a party in Box Hill. He hasn't asked to use the car for over a week aside from one trip...

My neighbour HH's foot is healing much slower than she expected. She never asks until I offer, which I do almost daily, if she wants any...

It was a tragic case a couple of years ago when a man who was losing access to his children after a marital sepa took his infant on to a ver...

The post I wrote for today bored me, and it would bore you too. Instead, this Friday evening.  One of our residents bumped into our carpark ...

Phyllis and Kosov were supposed to take Jass for a fur trim. Phyllis had to work so it was me and Kosov who took Jass into town for her clip...

Jass likes her dry food and not wet foreign muck (Who gets the Alf Garnett reference). She took a small taste and decided to not eat that ni...

It's not really funny, but a bit amusing. It has just been added to our national sound archive . 

Sunday, with much moaning about the job being bigger than expected, my brother's tenant replaced my defective window tinting. His price ...

A comment on yesterday's post make me think you might like to see the menu I choose from for my  subsidised meals, for which I pay a bit...

I went to bed early last night, and consequently I woke early. Not a sleepy wake where I could go back to sleep, but wide awake. At 6.03 jus...

Friday: My fifth visit to the new Melbourne State Library station saw me finally work out how to get out and in without accidently going int...

"Andrew, we are taking you out on Saturday for lunch for your birthday." The whole point of being away for my birthday was to avoi...

Phyllis asked me for my fried rice recipe. He makes his own fried rice but it is quite different to mine. I put rather some effort into mine...