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Pagan Rituals

December 19, 2020 by Lesley Truffle

Pagan Rituals Many present day Christmas traditions were derived from ancient cultures. Originally created by our ancestors, the same rituals manifest across the Western World every December. In the past these traditions were mysterious and sacred rites. They were backed by superstition, belief in magic and the desire to protect communities from fear of the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Australia, current news, Historical, Mythology, Observations, Social Comment Tagged: Ancient Celts, Ancient Myths, Celtic Druids, Celts, Christmas, Christmas mythology, Christmas rituals, COVID-19, Druids, Lesley Truffle, Mistletoe, Mistletoe myths, Saturnalia, Xmas

My Life as a Nightclub Cocktail Girl

August 27, 2020 by Lesley Truffle

  My Life as a Nightclub Cocktail Girl   When I was a child, my mother used to play vintage movie songs and the lyrics to Gigi were: The night they invented champagne It’s plain as it can be They thought of you and me The night they invented champagne They absolutely knew That all … [Read more…]

Posted in: Australia, current news, Melbourne, Social Comment Tagged: champagne, cocktails, Cointreau, COVID-19, global crisis, Golden Dream Cocktails, Lesley Truffle, Lesley Truffle Writer, Melbourne, nightclub cocktail girl, Nightclubbing, pandemic, Perrier-Jouët, Veuve Cliquot

Strange Days

March 19, 2020 by Lesley Truffle

  Strange Days ‘andrà tutto bene – everything will be fine.’   The Italians are living in the European COVID-19 epicentre and Italy is currently under emergency quarantine measures. To date there are more than 24,700 people with the disease and more than 1800 have died. Italy has a world class health system but it … [Read more…]

Posted in: animals, current news, Observations, Social Comment Tagged: andrà tutto bene, Australia, Australian animals, Coronaviris, COVID-19, everything will be fine, Italians, Italy, Laura Baldassari, lockdown, Mogo Wildlife Park, Mogo Wildlife Park NSW, optimism

To Nap or Not to Nap

January 9, 2020 by Lesley Truffle

  To Nap or Not to Nap   Sleep that knits up the ravell’d sleave of care, the death of each day’s life, sore labour’s bath, balm of hurt minds, great nature’s second course, chief nourisher in life’s feast.’                                                                                                             William Shakespeare   Shakespeare knew a lot about sleep, especially insomnia. I suspect he was … [Read more…]

Posted in: current news, Mavericks & Renegades, Social Comment Tagged: Charles Dickens, Elon Musk, insomnia, insomnia cures, Kips, Lesley Truffle, Napping, Shakespeare, Sleep, sleep problems, the Bard, William Shakespeare

Everything is F*cked

December 12, 2019 by Lesley Truffle

  Everything is Fucked   ‘Look, it may be that you came to this book looking for some sort of hope … I am sorry. I don’t have that kind of answer for you. Nobody does.’                                             Mark Manson, Everything is F*cked A Book About Hope   Mark Manson’s first self-published book in 2011 was … [Read more…]

Posted in: books, current news, Observations, Psychology, Social Comment, writers & creatives Tagged: Abraham Maslow, America, Elon Musk, Everything is f*cked, Everything is F*cked A Book About Hope, Everything is fucked, Everything is Fucked A Book About Hope, Mark Manson, Maslow, Maslow's Hierachy of Needs, Models Attract Women Through Honesty, Self-help books, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, The subtle art of not giving a fuck, USA

Is Paris burning

April 18, 2019 by Lesley Truffle

Is Paris Burning?   Shortly before Paris was liberated by the Allies in August 1944, Adolf Hitler ordered the total destruction of the City of Light. It’s been claimed that the German army placed explosives in readiness around transportation areas, under bridges and around famous monuments and landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower. Hitler is … [Read more…]

Posted in: current news, Observations, Social Comment Tagged: Adolf Hitler, chimera, City of Light, fire, gargoyles, General Dietrich von Cholitz, grotesques, Lesley Truffle, Liberation of Paris, Notre Dame Cathedral, Notre-Dame, Paris

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