Dec 2011/Jan 2012 Issue 117

Cooking and ironing are a girl’s worst friend. At least they were last century when we were bound to the [More...]

Les was pacing. ‘You guys must have heard something round the traps, must have had some idea?’ Benny and Fred said [More...]

For Caitlin Elizabeth Reed You will be our fair-haired girl - our sunlight on mysterious waters, our zephyr like whisper of [More...]

Me mouth feels lopsided And decidedly numb. Can’t speak without drooling, From the dentist I’ve come. I’d not be alarmed By a sock on [More...]

'I won't let them take my son!' Charlotte slammed the cellulose composite dish down hard. Plastic had long since entered the [More...]

It is with great sadness I share with you the following message from John Powell's family.

John has [More...]

I’m easily bored. I admit it. It was a wet Sunday, rain lashing at the windows, nothing on television and [More...]

It was an evening in December 1940 in our London home and we were relaxing after supper. Not for long. [More...]

For some strange reason the oft quoted phrase 'the whole of my life flashed before my eyes' has been on [More...]

There were the years in 'up-state' places, Where air was clean and unpolluted. Where quality of life was 'unsurpassed', And incest never mentioned. Where [More...]

Some people call them magpie-larks. Others call them peewees or pee wees. It depends on which part of Australia you [More...]

Today I will not lose my temper, I told myself firmly.  Whatever she says, I will remain calm.  It was [More...]

It’s always dangerous when you criticise another country. Especially when you don’t understand the culture entirely or grasp the nuances [More...]

It has been dark, windy and cold here of late: I have run out of library books, I have a [More...]

I return to the quiet woods, In my mind. The woods that overlooked my birth And later were my playground; [More...]

Well yes, it's that time of year. So I'd just like to thank all the contributors to Bonzer who have [More...]

Christopher Hitchens is dead. He is dead at 62 from oesophageal cancer, a cancer that statistically, few survive. And he [More...]

I have reached the point where I would trade all of my Christmas cookies for one piece of fresh strawberry [More...]

In connection with Rodney Gascoyne's article  'Who are the EU Fooling' one sees faceless men in Brussels making a quagmire [More...]

I live my life inside my patio window. It’s here, at my business desk I slip into my own warm pajamas and [More...]

I have a little piece of string which is really like a pet I can tie it round my finger [More...]

I'd like to wish all our Bonzer readers a very happy Christmas season. Many thanks go to Gloria our intrepid [More...]

The news this morning in North America is that Europe has solved its debt problems. But when you look at [More...]

Those who know about such things, those who can measure the speed at which messages travel through the human body, [More...]

On 8th June 1946 the following letter was sent by HM George VI to all schools in the UK.

To-day, [More...]

I’ll drink a cup of Christmas sheer While ever I am able. To toasht the sheason is my wish, On [More...]

A knot of nut brown children Plays like a litter of pups in the silvery sand, Moving all the while [More...]

I’m sometimes disturbed by people and their behaviour. Not ‘disturbed’ in the sense that you should avoid me in the [More...]

The mid morning sun hung overhead in the pale blue sky, fanning warmth over his lean weathered body. He reached [More...]

For this edition we offer 7 reviews. Peruse Australian historical and cultural issues, Dante, trauma stories and the solar system. Click the [More...]

Life in general, and contemporary life in particular, is filled with 'How could this have happened' events, large and small, [More...]

So now we are seven billion – and there are more of us arriving every minute! Just take a look [More...]

My mum sometimes gabbles on in Zulu. I've even known her to ululate. I think she feels she's Desmond Tutu [More...]

 The twenty first and final excerpt from an unpublished autobiography of a pioneer pilot in Australia, John Freeman OAM,  edited [More...]

Can anybody write? I say yes. Before people communicated by mobile phone, landlines and emails, hand written letters were the [More...]

In response to all who commented on my post in 'Changing Times', I have posted my Lament for my Father [More...]

Grandad Zoltan had a full head of white hair, an aristocratic profile, and a twinkle in his eye. In his [More...]

In multicultural Australia today there must be many different memories of traditional ways of celebrating Christmas. I, too, have memories of past [More...]

St Patrick’s Day 1952 has claimed a special place in my memory. Everybody did the shamrock thing. The pub of [More...]

In this month’s issue of Bonzer, I have reviewed Pedder Dreaming written by Dr Natasha Cica and published by UQP [More...]

They said afterwards that it was the most severe storm in living memory.  That may be so.  All I remember [More...]

Sandra was arranging the window of Archie’s Antiques with a collection of Victorian Christmas ornaments. She had made a bed [More...]

Damn, but all the good stuff happens when I’m away from Australia. Now God and his entourage have been on [More...]

Experts in early cultures have consistently proposed that the emergence of artistic expression is closely linked to the development and [More...]

How do you stop smoking? All of us smokers have asked that question of ourselves some time after midnight. A [More...]

When people ask me what I used to do for a job, I usually say 'I was a librarian'.  That’s [More...]

  Turning right at the gas station, we found ourselves on the 'old' highway which followed the shoreline with its many [More...]

  'He spoke not a word but went straight to his work.'  

... Santa getting busted for not being PC.  Well, it did.  Radio does'n tell porkies.

 SANTA SLATED FOR SEXIST [More...]