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A Dog’s Life
HECTOR’S DIARY His regular diet of worms and other non-religious fare The Cage, Bali May 13, 2017 THERE was a revolting instance of animal cruelty in Denpasar this week, which thanks to quick-thinking and wonderfully caring local people swiftly swamped the social media, where it attracted an immediate chorus of shock and shame. The… Continue reading
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Hard Times
HECTOR’S DIARY His regular diet of worms and other non-religious fare The Cage, Bali, May. 6, 2017 IT’S Sigmund Freud’s birthday today. The thought occurred, just at random, that it would be fun to get his, and Zeno the Stoic’s, views on our own times. Unfortunately these proved to be chiefly unprintable. Their shared view,… Continue reading
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Law v Lore
HECTOR’S DIARY His diet of worms and other delicacies Bali, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017 THERE’S a great deal of misinformation about on the issue of Sharia law, particularly in western countries. So when Ubud identity Darsih Gede passed along a handy brief from a long-time friend, an American woman married to an Indonesian Muslim,… Continue reading
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Another Round
HECTOR’S DIARY His diet of worms and other tasty morsels Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017 THE Bali authorities have accepted a proposal from the Japanese city of Kumamoto to help with rabies eradication, a duty they’ve managed to evade for nine years now despite help from local animal welfare charities, foreign governments and the United Nations. Two… Continue reading
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Little Ripples
HECTOR’S DIARY His regular diet of worms and other tasty morsels Bali, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017 WHERE Indonesia and Australia are concerned, you can always count on something unexpected to suddenly ripple the waters. It’s a bit the same as an Indonesian volcano: it’s quiet until it goes boom. In Australia, it’s mostly… Continue reading
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A Warrant Officer and a Gentleman
OVER New Year I heard a sad piece of news. Bill Cunneen had died. The name may mean little to most people. It means the world to me. He was some 12 years my senior, of a respectable enough vintage to shuffle off. But it’s always hard to take when someone you know and… Continue reading
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Messing About in Boats
HECTOR’S DIARY His diet of worms and other non-religious fare Bali, Jan. 4, 2017 WE have a lovely friend, a former media colleague who goes by the pen name of The Global Goddess. She has a tough life, poor thing. She’s forever flitting off from Brisbane, her home city, to go to distant places… Continue reading
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Good on You, Renae
HECTOR’S DIARY His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Bali Dec.7, 2016 THE indomitable Lizzie Love, who we’ve always thought would have made a first-rate Flapper if she’d been around in the Roaring Twenties last century, is a very fine friend to many in Bali. In particular her interest in prisoners in… Continue reading
Bali Advertiser, Bali Children Foundation, Bali DIVAS, Bangli drug prison, Christina Iskandar, Clare Srdarov, Contraband, Culinary treats, Flappers, International Date Line, Italian economic refugees, Lizzie Love, Morning walks, Mudstone Spa Retreat, Murphy’s Law, New Idea, Pearl Harbour, Pemberton, Perth, Refugee Learning Nest, Renae Lawrence, Sophie Digby, Vue Beach Club, Yak Awards
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