Ron Manners’ ideas 
and adventures

Ron Manners AO

Awakening Possibilities!

Awakening Possibilities! (Our task is simple) While I’m currently pre-occupied with writing a piece on “why our next generation should take the Coronavirus...

I miss Jon Utley

Each November, in New York City, Jon Utley and I have shared a meal.  We also invited a younger person, or two, to...

Overwhelmed by “Dog Responses”

Over the festive season, I sent out my latest poem Why I Talk to Kelpie Dogs to all my friends, family and associates....

Coronavirus Era – 8 Rules

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...

Australian Bushfires Part III

Having just spent two weeks talking to people directly involved in Australia’s serious bushfires (Victoria and New South Wales), I see an obvious...

Hollywood Hedonism v British Tradition

Birth and circumstance bring responsibility.  Living up to such responsibility is challenging, but achievable; if you have that magic ingredient called ‘character’. Fortunately,...

Bushfire Alarm!

Please read carefully as we refuse to learn from even recent history: This Mannerism from 2009 delivered a very important and topical issue....

Yet another fraud exposed

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...

Canberra’s Grasping Predators

On September 13, 1981 the Sunday Independent newspaper published an open letter from myself to then Federal Treasurer John Howard. My remarks were...

Bureaucracy v Public: an open letter to the Consumer Affairs Bureau 1976

In the days of Perth’s Sunday Independent, a good letter to the editor was not only published, but also served as inspiration for...