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Ayesha the Wonder Dog

June 29, 2022 by Lesley Truffle

 Ayesha the Wonder Dog   ‘Draw your chair up close to the edge of the precipice and I’ll tell you a story’                                                                              Scott Fitzgerald The Crack-Up   When I was a kid we had a dog named Ayesha. She was  a Corgi with oversized ears, big personality and great intelligence. Ayesha had a male … [Read more…]

Posted in: animals, Australia, Melbourne, Observations Tagged: childhood, childhood memories, childhood pets, dogs, local dogs, neighbourhood dogs

Marriage is the Tomb of Love

June 26, 2022 by Lesley Truffle

Marriage is the tomb of love   ‘The company … was far more likely to give pleasure than one made up of persons of quality, where gaiety freezes in the chill of etiquette.’ Casanova describing an evening spent with a group of actors.   Having just finished editing my fiction manuscript I’m taking some  time … [Read more…]

Posted in: books, Historical, Mavericks & Renegades, Social Comment, Travel Tagged: 18th century Europe, Brunelleschi, Casanova, Chevalier de Seingalt, Giacomo Casanova, History of My Life, Lesley Truffle, Lesley Truffle Writer

Freud’s Cigar

May 18, 2022 by Lesley Truffle

Freud’s Cigar ‘Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.’ Dr Sigmund Freud 1856 -1939. Freud was a heavy cigar smoker and supposedly said, ‘Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar’. Many of his theories relate to uncontrolled libido and wild sexual impulses. Accordingly, his statement probably means a phallic-shaped object such as a cigar, doesn’t … [Read more…]

Posted in: Historical, Mavericks & Renegades, Psychology, Social Comment Tagged: Carl Jung, Dr Sigmund Freud, Freud, Freud's cigar, Lesley Truffle, Lesley Truffle Writer, psychoanalysis, Psychology, pyschotherapy, Sigmund Freud, The Scandalous Life of Sasha Torte

Italian Style

May 12, 2022 by Lesley Truffle

Italian Style   Italian film directors produce diverse and wonderful films. Paolo Sorrentino is one of my favourite directors. Sometimes I watch the exuberant party scene from La Grande Bellezza (The Great Beauty) when I’m feeling a bit sad and need to recalibrate. Fellini’s,  La Dolce Vita is a magnificent film. Released in 1960, set in … [Read more…]

Posted in: art/theatre event, Australia, films, movies, Observations Tagged: Anita Ekberg, Cinquecento, Dolce Vita, Fiat 500, Fiat 500C, Fiat Bambino, Fiat Sports car, Frederico Fellini, Italian style, La dolce vita, Marcello Mastroianni, Paolo Sorrentino, The Great Beauty

The Addams Family House

April 25, 2022 by Lesley Truffle

The Addams Family House ‘They’re creepy and they’re kooky Mysterious and spooky They’re all together ooky The Addams family Their house is a museum When people come to see ’em They really are a scream The Addams family…’  The Addams Family theme song   I was born in London but raised in Australia by English … [Read more…]

Posted in: Mavericks & Renegades, Melbourne, Observations, Social Comment Tagged: Addam's Family, childhood, childhood memories, Gomez, Gomez Addams, homes, houses, Lesley Truffle, Lesley Truffle Writer, Morticia, Morticia Addams, Pugsley Addams, Wednesday Addams

There goes the neighbourhood

April 23, 2022 by Lesley Truffle

  There goes the neighbourhood   I often cross the river and sneak back to my old neighbourhood. Fitzroy has become increasingly gentrified; old houses have been tizzied up and sold for exceedingly high prices. Subsequently most of the artists, writers, junkies, musicians, booze hounds, poets and reprobates I once knew have moved on. Some … [Read more…]

Posted in: architeture, Historical, Mavericks & Renegades, Social Comment Tagged: fitzroy melbourne, inner city, Lesley Truffle, Lesley Truffle Writer, Napier Hotel, Napier Hotel Fitzroy, old school pubs, pubs

The Perils of Modern Life

March 24, 2022 by Lesley Truffle

  The Perils of Modern Life     I believe in censorship! If a picture of mine didn’t get an X-rating, I’d be insulted. Don’t forget dear, I invented censorship.                                      Mae West – actress, Hollywood legend and author of Sex (1926).   We live in strange times. 2022 has been marred by extreme climate … [Read more…]

Posted in: art/theatre event, books, Historical, Mavericks & Renegades, Playwright, Social Comment, writers & creatives Tagged: Edwardian Literature, Elinor Glyn, historical, Lesley Truffle, Lesley Truffle Writer, Mrs Elenor Glyn, Three Weeks, Three Weeks a novel

A Tale Of Lost Cities

March 18, 2022 by Lesley Truffle

A Tale Of Lost Cities I call architecture frozen music.     Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Even a brick wants to be something.    Louis Kahn   Last night, I sat on the banks of the Yarra River which runs through the heart of Melbourne. The skyscrapers appeared as cubes of burning lights. And the Casino’s neon lights … [Read more…]

Posted in: architeture, Australia, Historical, Melbourne, Observations, Social Comment Tagged: architecture, building height restrictions, cbd, central business district, cities, city, contemporary architecture, glass towers, historical buildings, Labassa Mansion, Lesley Truffle, Lesley Truffle Writer, Melbourne

Messing About In Boats

February 26, 2022 by Lesley Truffle

    Messing About In Boats   As the Water Rat in Wind in the Willows, advises the mole, ‘Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing – absolutely nothing –  half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.’ I messed around in boats when I learned to sail on a lake. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Australia, Observations, Sailing, Sports / Recreation Tagged: Australia, Lesley Truffle, Lesley Truffle Writer, sailing, sailing boats, small yachts, Wind in the Willows, Yacht Clubs

Love is the Drug

February 15, 2022 by Lesley Truffle

    Love is the Drug   … Love is the drug and I need to score Showing out, showing out, hit and run Boy meets girl where the beat goes on Stitched up tight, can’t shake free Love is the drug, got a hook on me … Love is the Drug by Roxy Music. … [Read more…]

Posted in: current news, Observations, Psychology, Social Comment Tagged: dopamine, Lesley Truffle, Lesley Truffle Writer, Love, Love is the Drug, marriage, Neo Romantics, Romantic, Saint Valentine, Saint Valentine's Day

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

January 27, 2022 by Lesley Truffle

    Gentlemen Prefer Blondes   ‘I overheard Dorothy tell Major Falcon that she liked to become intoxicated once in a dirty while.’ Lorelei Lee from Anita Loos novella, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.   One of my favourite books is a hardcover 1926, tenth edition of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. So popular was Anita Loos’ novella that … [Read more…]

Posted in: art/theatre event, artists, Film, Historical, Mavericks & Renegades, movies, writers & creatives Tagged: America, American, Anita Loos, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Hollywood, Hollywood Movies, Howard Hawks, Jane Russell, Marilyn, Marilyn Monroe, Monroe, movies

The Heart and Soul of Paris

January 26, 2022 by Lesley Truffle

  The Heart and Soul of Paris   Notre-Dame Cathedral is widely perceived to be the heart and soul of Paris. The first time I visited Notre-Dame on the Île de la Cité, it was wasn’t just the cathedral’s sublime beauty that captivated me. It was the fabulous French Gothic architecture, accentuated by the most … [Read more…]

Posted in: City of Light, Historical, movies, Mythology, Social Comment, Travel Tagged: Adolf Hitler, Chanel, City of Light, Coco Chanel, France, Gabrielle Chanel, gargoyle, gargoyles, Hitler, Lesley Truffle, Lesley Truffle Writer, Notre Dame Cathedral, Notre-Dame, Our Lady of Paris, Paris, World War Two, WWII

The Festive Season

December 14, 2021 by Lesley Truffle

  The Festive Season   ‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there; The children were nestled all snug in their beds; While visions of sugar-plums … [Read more…]

Posted in: books, Historical, Mythology, Social Comment, writers & creatives Tagged: A Christmas Carol, Ancient Celts, Ancient Mythology, Celtic, Celtic Druids, Celts, Charles Dickens, Christmas mythology, Christmas rituals, Christmas traditions, Dickens, Druids, Lesley Truffle, Lesley Truffle Writer, Mistletoe, Mistletoe myths, Saturnalia, Winter Solstice

Deck the Halls

December 6, 2021 by Lesley Truffle

      Deck the Halls     ‘The worst gift is a fruitcake. There is only one fruitcake in the entire world, and people keep sending it to each other.’                           The late Johnny Carson, comedian & former host of The Tonight Show.   My Christmas tree has landed and my apartment is now … [Read more…]

Posted in: Historical, Mythology, Observations, Social Comment Tagged: Adam and Eve, Christmas, Christmas traditions, Christmas trees, Deck the halls, Elvis, Lesley Truffle, Lesley Truffle Writer, pine trees

Bond. James Bond.

November 25, 2021 by Lesley Truffle
James Bond 007 and gun

  Bond. James Bond.   The first 007 movie was released nearly sixty years ago. There have been six James Bond British secret agents: Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan & Daniel Craig. Much has been made of Daniel Craig’s fifth and final Bond movie, No Time To Die. I won’t … [Read more…]

Posted in: actors, Film, films, movies, Social Comment Tagged: 007, Bond, Casino Royale, Daniel Craig, Diamonds are forever, Dr No, From Russia With Love, Goldfinger, James Bond, No Time To Die, Skyfall, spy, Thunderball

Enticed by Black Leather

November 18, 2021 by Lesley Truffle
Steve McQueen

  Enticed by Black Leather   ‘You watch the white line and try to lean with it  . . . howling through a turn to the right, then to the left and down the long hill to Pacifica . . . letting off now watching for cops, but only until the next dark stretch and … [Read more…]

Posted in: actors, Mavericks & Renegades, Social Comment Tagged: BMW motorbikes, Easy Rider, Harley, Hell's Angel's, Hunter S. Thompson, Kowasaki, Lesley Truffle, Lesley Truffle Writer, mortorbike, Motorbikes, motorcycle, motorcycles, Steve McQueen

All Hallows Eve

October 26, 2021 by Lesley Truffle

  All Hallows Eve   Halloween wasn’t always orange pumpkins, plastic skeletons and job lots of candy. At this time of year Christmas trimmings and Halloween decorations are fighting for shelf space in megastores.  And while nobody was paying attention, Halloween surreptitiously crept over most of October and Christmas decided to manifest early. In my … [Read more…]

Posted in: Historical, Mythology, Observations, Social Comment Tagged: All Hallows Eve, Ancient Celts, Ancient Myths, Celtic, Celts, Faery Host, Fire Festivals, Halloween, Halloween traditions, Headless Horsemen, Lesley Truffle, Lesley Truffle Writer, Samhain, Sidhs, Slaugh

Venus was her name

October 17, 2021 by Lesley Truffle

Venus was her name Goddess on the mountain top Burning like a silver flame The summit of beauty and love And Venus was her name She’s got it Yeah, baby, she’s got it …                                    Venus by Bananarama   For centuries artists have been enamoured by the mythological goddess Venus. Sandro Botticelli’s Venus is … [Read more…]

Posted in: art/theatre event, artists, Mythology, Social Comment Tagged: Ancient Mythology, Art, Birth of Venus, Botticelli, Greco-Roman mythology, Jeff Koons, Lesley Truffle, Lesley Truffle Writer, Sandro Botticelli, The Rokeby Venus, Toilet of Venus

A Dog’s Life

September 23, 2021 by Lesley Truffle

  A Dog’s Life   During our city’s pandemic Shutdown restrictions, I’ve been getting to know my neighbours.  By that I mean the local dogs and their owners. Subsequently, I’ve come to the conclusion that only the dogs are living their best lives. Cats are a different matter. My neighbour’s cat has taken to the … [Read more…]

Posted in: animals, Australia, Melbourne, Social Comment Tagged: Australia, café, cafes, Casanova, Cat, Cats, coffee, dog, dogs, Giacomo Casanova, History of My Life, Lesley Truffle, Lesley Truffle Writer, Melbourne, Melbourne Shutdown, neighbourhood dogs, street dogs

On being Cary Grant

September 19, 2021 by Lesley Truffle

  On being Cary Grant   ‘Everyone wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant.’                                           quote from Cary Grant who began life as Archie Leach.   I’ve been watching To Catch a Thief  again. It’s my favourite Cary Grant film, directed by Alfred Hitchcock.  The European locations are to die … [Read more…]

Posted in: actors, art/theatre event, movies Tagged: Alfred Hitchcock, America, American movies, Archibald Alexander Leach, Archie Leach, Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, Hitchcock, To Catch a Thief, USA

The Perils of Netflix

August 21, 2021 by Lesley Truffle

The Perils of Netflix   ‘If we humans disappeared overnight, the world would probably be better off.’  Sir David Attenborough – the British Naturalist, after observing beasts of every species for nearly a century.   I no longer own a television. It was an elegant piece of equipment with superb clarity and great sound but … [Read more…]

Posted in: Historical, movies, Observations, Psychology, Social Comment Tagged: binge television, David Attenborough, Farenheit 451, Lesley Truffle, Lesley Truffle Writer, Netflix, Norman Doige, Ray Bradbury, reality television, Television, TV

The Zen of Happiness

August 12, 2021 by Lesley Truffle
Photo of sunrise in Penguin Tasmania

  The Zen of Happiness     Money can’t buy you happiness, but it can buy you a yacht big enough to pull up right alongside it.                                                            David Lee Roth, American rock musician.             To be sure there are people who are largely unscathed by our global pandemic and their happiness seems unblemished. … [Read more…]

Posted in: current news, Nature, Observations, Social Comment, Wilderness Areas Tagged: Asia, Bhuddhist, Bhutan, Buddhism, Buddhist Kingdom, David Lee Roth, Happiness, Himalayas, Lesley Truffle, Lesley Truffle Writer, pandemic, The Himalayas, The Kingdom of Bhutan

The very rich are different

July 30, 2021 by Lesley Truffle

  The Very Rich Are Different   ‘Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me. They possess and enjoy early, and it does something to them, makes them soft where we are hard, and cynical where we are trustful …’ F. Scott Fitzgerald   A few days ago, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Mavericks & Renegades, Observations, Social Comment Tagged: Amazon, Astronaut Alan Shepard, Bezos, billionaires, Branson, Earth, Elon Musk, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jeff Bezos, Lesley Truffle, Lesley Truffle Writer, millionaires, Musk, NASA, outer space, Planet Earth, rich, Richard Branson, Scott Fitzgerald, Soviet astronaught, Soviet Russia, space mission, space missions, SpaceX, The New Shepard, Virgin Galactic, Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin, Yuri Gagarin

Wine Snobbery

July 9, 2021 by Lesley Truffle

      Wine Snobbery    ‘A man cannot make him laugh – but that’s no marvel: he drinks no wine.’                                                                                                             William Shakespeare   Some time ago I was at a dinner party for eight and it was getting late.  The hostess had got herself ossified on neat Scotch as she prepared a delectable … [Read more…]

Posted in: Mavericks & Renegades, Observations, Social Comment, writers & creatives Tagged: AA Gill, Adrian Gill, Lesley Truffle, Lesley Truffle Writer, the grape, wine, wine critics, wine devotees, wine snobbery, wine writers

Ritual Madness

June 27, 2021 by Lesley Truffle

Ritual Madness   The Ancient Greeks were enthralled by opposing forces and heavily invested in two of their gods, Apollo and Dionysus. Apollo was the god of reason and wisdom – devoted to logical thinking, patience and duty. Dionysus was significantly more adventurous and dealt in the realms of imagination, play and chaos. Dionysus – … [Read more…]

Posted in: art/theatre event, artists, Mavericks & Renegades, Observations, Psychology Tagged: Ancient Greeks, Apollo, Bacchus, Black Rock Desert Nevada, Burning Man, Burning Man Festival, Dionysus, Greek gods, Larry Harvey, Lesley Truffle, Lesley Truffle Writer
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