CLEVER DOLLY
Here I am, sitting at the table with the lovely Country Style: Country Homes in Australia book. I cannot believe I have been reading Country Style for well over 30 years. How do I know this? Well, as I turn each page in the book, as soon as I see a photo of the person or couple, I remember their story. My family say to me, “Mum, how can you remember all that by looking at a photo?” I reply: “Pip & Dom – Oyster Farmers; Pip & Norm – Wool Producers; Andy & Matt – Dairy Farmers.”
Not bad for an 83-year-old!
Dolly Smith, Bathurst, NSW
SOOTHING SOLUTION
Amid my early morning tossing and turning, I suddenly felt the need to open my magazine. The novel I was reading was too angsty and would not appease my anxiety.This led me to wonder what it is about the magazine that makes me regard it as a kind of meditative experience.
