I will post further on how you can access the book.
Graham was a UK GP before training in Psychiatry in Australia. He has been dedicated for more than 40 years to psychiatric practice in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Follow Graham's early development in over 40 posts below. Search for 'Making of a Child Psychiatrist'
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Taking Charge - the book
OK, just to let everyone know, the book about my partial recovery from Transverse Myelitis HAS GONE TO PRESS. Woo Hoo.... The book has taken three years to get to this point. It was previously serialized on this site, and many of you have read various chapters and sent me kind comments - for which I am grateful.
I will post further on how you can access the book.
I will post further on how you can access the book.
Sunday, April 7, 2013
Recent Haiku
'Notice'
Had to take notice
His middle was expanding
Trousers much too tight
Notice the full stop
On this breathless summer's day
Pink slushy not.iced
Robinson Crusoe
Shipwrecked alone on island
Beach Notice: "Private"
'Orange'
Battle of the Boyne
Remembered still in Belfast
Orange men parade
Antioxidants
Mopping up free radicals
Orange zest for life
Slipped on orange peel
Broke his leg in two places
Lost his zest for life
Oranges, lemons
Say the bells of St. Clement's
London children's rhyme
'Live'
We all want to live
Preferably forever
Become a virus?
I have some live kin
And also some who have died
They're akin to kin
Sitting in my lounge
Listening to radio
Oh! Me; live on air
Sunday, March 10, 2013
Haiku Musings on the word 'label'
Personal label
Warm wash; do not tumble dry
Handle with great care
Sweet red labellum
Her top lip fascinates me
Label a child 'dumb'
And they will struggle life-long
Your voice goes with them
The DSM5
Labelling mental illness
Not solving problems
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Haiku musings on the word 'garbage'
GIGO principle
Eat garbage, you look like it
Give your diet thought
Prevarication
I get lost in that garbage
Please say what you mean
I noticed something
Just putting out the garbage
Monday, March 4, 2013
Sensual Haiku
Tiny kitchenette
Just room for two friends cooking
Food with pheromones
Wanted to mention
You're looking lovely tonight
Smell pretty good too
We clasp each other
Eager for body contact
That raw human need
We made love last night
And slept the sleep of angels
Totally refreshed
Sunday, March 3, 2013
Archie Roach and Black Armband: Dirtsong
We drove through torrents of rain last night from Bribie Island, Qld to the Concert Hall at QPAC, Brisbane. to see Archie Roach and Black Armband. Had thoughts of turning for home and scuttling back to a nice warm bed; had thoughts we would not get there; had thoughts we would be late and locked out for the first 20 minutes. I AM SO GLAD WE WENT!
From the moments of beginning to the standing ovation at the end it was a triumph - soft, lyrical, melodic, moving, foot stomping, meaningful, and a repeated reminder of how Aboriginal culture has been irrevocably changed by white invasion. Painful and inspirational, and all set against a backdrop of evocative black and white film of Aboriginal culture today.
Archie Roach is ageing; yeah and so what? His voice occasional wavers; yeah and so what? The eagle soared time and again, and he was greeted with applause by an audience in rapture.
Lou Bennett and friends were exquisite in backup, melding perfectly, and William Barton's didg was poignant and complex.
When Jimmy Barnes made a guest appearance, the crowd nearly lost it in ecstatic welcome
Dirt song was brilliantly staged, and a joy to be remembered.
Go and see Black Armband Don't worry about the elements.
From the moments of beginning to the standing ovation at the end it was a triumph - soft, lyrical, melodic, moving, foot stomping, meaningful, and a repeated reminder of how Aboriginal culture has been irrevocably changed by white invasion. Painful and inspirational, and all set against a backdrop of evocative black and white film of Aboriginal culture today.
Archie Roach is ageing; yeah and so what? His voice occasional wavers; yeah and so what? The eagle soared time and again, and he was greeted with applause by an audience in rapture.
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| Photo courtesy of Courier Mail |
When Jimmy Barnes made a guest appearance, the crowd nearly lost it in ecstatic welcome
Dirt song was brilliantly staged, and a joy to be remembered.
Go and see Black Armband Don't worry about the elements.
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Tail of the Cyclone
Two weeks later (27th January, 2013), a cyclone came down the east coast of Australia, and the tail end ripped across Bribie Island with wind gusts over 100Km/h. At the same time we had a king tide, so water in the canal reached the highest levels I have seen - about 20cms below the lip of the retaining wall. Ah well, at least it blew the smoke from the bushfires away.
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