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Mockingbird

By drdblogs on July 15, 2015September 30, 2015

On the release day of Harper Lee’s long awaited second novel, following To Kill a Mockingbird, it seems timely to blog about Glenelg’s own Mockingbird Cafe. Situated well away from the craziness of Jetty Road, I used to feel sorry for the shops and cafés on Broadway. Not anymore. A visit to the Mockingbird cafe-cum-secondhand

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Open door

By drdblogs on July 10, 2015September 30, 2015

In response to The Daily Post’s photo challenge : “Door.” A door has three functions. To let you in, to keep you out or to keep you in. As a migrant I am acutely aware of doors. Doors have been opened to allow me to live in a different country, to work here and to share

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Look both ways IX

By drdblogs on July 4, 2015September 30, 2015

While London bakes in the sun, we are having a very mild winter. For all the people out on the beach today it could have been a summer’s day. These two views at the moment of sunset from the end of the Glenelg Marina over Holdfast Bay and towards the Adelaide Hills. Like Los Angeles,