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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

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

To Proust or not to Proust

March 12, 2020 by Lesley Truffle

To Proust or not to Proust   ‘One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory’. Rita Mae Brown   Memories get a bad wrap from quite a lot of folk, including Rita Mae Brown. Yet so many song lyrics dwell on memories. Love songs frequently combine memories with intense regret, and in turn … [Read more…]

Posted in: art/theatre event, cakes and cooking, Film, Historical, Mavericks & Renegades Tagged: Alain Delon, cakes, childhood memories, Delon, France, French cooking, Lesley Truffle, madelaines, Marcel Proust, memories, memory, Proust, Remenbrance of Things Past, Swann in Love, Swann's Way, Un Amour de Swann

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