The Tumbrel Diaries

Mrs. P. invariably signed her letters “Yours very sincerely, Mary D. Park.” That “very,” inserted so deliberately between “Yours” a...

I cannot now remember who conceived the surprise for Jean and Davis’s fiftieth wedding anniversary on Thursday, September 6, 1990. ...

Giving careful consideration to strategic matters It occurs to me that among the most important of Jean McCaughey’s achievements ...

Overnight I received word from Melbourne that Jean McCaughey has died. I have been sitting here for quite a while, brooding over my ...

There is a point early in vice-regal terms of office when, at times, either separately or in tandem, the incumbent and his or her spouse m...

I went to work for Davis McCaughey as one of the two aides at Government House, Melbourne, in December 1987, when I was twenty-three. I had...