Ron Manners’ ideas and adventures
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Over the festive season, I sent out my latest poem Why I Talk to Kelpie Dogs to all my friends, family and associates....
Don’t get sick. You don’t want to be a burden on others, as they are already burdened by the fall-out from the current...
Having just spent two weeks talking to people directly involved in Australia’s serious bushfires (Victoria and New South Wales), I see an obvious...
Birth and circumstance bring responsibility. Living up to such responsibility is challenging, but achievable; if you have that magic ingredient called ‘character’. Fortunately,...
Please read carefully as we refuse to learn from even recent history: This Mannerism from 2009 delivered a very important and topical issue....
It’s one thing to write and publish a non-fiction book with a controversial point of view, but quite another for such a book...
On September 13, 1981 the Sunday Independent newspaper published an open letter from myself to then Federal Treasurer John Howard. My remarks were...
In the days of Perth’s Sunday Independent, a good letter to the editor was not only published, but also served as inspiration for...
So much has been written in this past week regarding the Fall of the Wall, what else can I possibly add? Reading so...
Some reflective thoughts I’ve just returned from my old ‘home-town’ of Hong Kong, bringing with me some vivid impressions of what is going...