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An exceptional man passes

A man who was many things to many people and a man who could make words sing, retired Lutheran Minister, Aub Podlich, wrote his own obituary. His prose gives readers an understanding of why his newspaper columns, books, journal articles and poetry were enjoyed by the many who read them.

Aub Podlich

11 Jun 2025

Community

The Beauty of Life - Shalom

MORNING invites the calls of doves, symbols of Shalom, but peace is an illusion. Gaza burns. Rescuers carry the pieces of babies clawed from the mountains of rubble where their parents lie, to the remains of the hospitals, but there is no one to put them back together again.

Aub Podlich

20 Dec 2023

Outdoors

The Beauty of Life - Mister Stobie’s Pole

LIKE Queensland’s Ipswich on the Bremer, South Australia’s Callington has a Bremer River too, about 60 kilometres east of Adelaide, in the hills.

Aub Podlich

13 Dec 2023

Nature

The Beauty of Life - The Harlequin Nymph

A TINY beetle-thingo scurried across her palm. “What’s this?” said she, “it was crawling on the washing!” “Oh, easy,” said he, clueless, but one has to say something, “That’s the Giant Green-Red-and-Blue -Washing-Louse, otherwise known as a Stink Bug. They’re quite common on some people.”

Aub Podlich

06 Dec 2023

Community

The Beauty of Life - Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly

IT TAKES very special people to identify what appears to be a costly failure as a spectacular success. Perhaps it’s one of the necessary talents of highly successful people.

Aub Podlich

29 Nov 2023

Community

The Beauty of Life - Diwali and Cricket

AT THE time of writing, many of us are keeping up with the closing stages of the World One Day Cricket tournament, being hosted by India, arguably the most passionate cricketing nation on earth.

Aub Podlich

22 Nov 2023