While preparing for my ration challenge, I had a lot of trouble finding a suitable ration book template, so I created my own. It isn’t perfect (and it is 2 sheets rather than a booklet), but it suitable for my… Read More ›
World War II
Rationing References
When researching my rationing challenge, I used the following websites: New Point Ration Chart Remember When… Food Investigators Episode 5: The WWII Diet 1301.0 – Year Book, Australia, 1944 – 45, Australian Bureau of Statistics John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library… Read More ›
The Rations – Food
As stated in a previous post, I will be forcing my family to live of WWII rations for a little while. It will be a great learning experience for the children and may even end up with us being happier,… Read More ›
Arrack and Sympathy
During the second world war two Aussie soldiers were in Damascus on leave from a camp nearby. During their perambulations around the city they sampled quite a number of noggins of the local brew, arrack, and eventually they became hopelessly… Read More ›
Must see movies…
Everybody has a list of movies that they love – movies that they could happily watch over and over and over again. Everybody has heard the groans of friends and family as they played that one favourite movie for the… Read More ›
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne
Opening Sentence: One afternoon, when Bruno came home from school, he was surprised to find Maria, the family’s maid – who always kept her head bowed and never looked up from the carpet – standing in his bedroom, pulling all… Read More ›
Kyle McDonald in ‘One Red Paperclip’
“A place where you pay rent is just a place you haven’t moved out of yet.” —Kyle McDonald in ‘One Red Paperclip’
The Eccentric Mr Wienholt by Rosamond Siemon
Opening Sentence:Empire was Arnold’s lodestar. Synopsis:Arnold Wienolt – MP, lion hunter and intelligence agent – was a larger-than-life action hero whose eccentricities were legendary. He once hired a circus tent when campaigning for parliament and offered to box all-comers in… Read More ›
A Fortunate Life by A. B. Facey
Opening Sentence:I was born in the year 1894 at Maidstone in Victoria. Synopsis:This is the extraordinary life of an ordinary man. It is the story of Albert Facey, who lived with simple honesty, compassion and courage. A parentless boy who… Read More ›
Disrespecting Diggers
I am disgusted by the amount of stories coming out about commerce on ANZAC day. Locally the Orchid Society will be having a fete from 9AM onwards. There is also a psychic expo which periodically graces our town – they… Read More ›
Sunrise on Kusatsu Harbor by Dan Maloney
This is definitely well worth the time taken to read it.
Rafferty's Rules is Closing Down 