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More Light
The days are getting lighter. It’s the eve of summer. The days are stretching. The nights are compressing. More light. From as far as I can remember I have always loved light. Is there a more powerful...
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One
We’re one but we’re not the same. We get to carry each other carry each other. ~ U2 It was our wedding anniversary yesterday. Eleven years. We’ve done so much in that time. We’ve lived through...
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Our Town
“… A place. A radiant, many-layered, slightly magical place, as achingly real and yet just out-of-reach as a dream you start to forget as soon as you wake up. A place set off in glorious isolation...
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The Last Day of the Year
It’s the last day of the year! A day of reflection. There’s this need in our human psyche to cleanse ourselves of the old, and to beckon the new. But when you think about it, tomorrow is just another...
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The Details
Sometimes I read pieces of writing and I’m struck with how they start with such effortlessness. Just there, out of the blue, beauty begins. And I follow. Finding a place to start is the hardest task...
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The Start
What if I just started Noiselessly as a bird upon waking Taking flight Across the ill-lit sky. No-one watching the flutter Of brittle wings Arcing in the cold air Remembering how to move. What if I...
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This Great Adventure – The Lion King Edition
This life is a great adventure. This is how we live: Seize opportunities. Follow passions. Choose colour. Love hard. Just go! When I heard the Lion King was coming to Melbourne I didn’t hesitate to buy...
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Bali Food Tour
Candlenut, tamarind, palm sugar, cloves, coconut and lemongrass. These heavenly flavours rock my world. They are the essence of Indonesian cuisine. Here’s a little secret. People think I go to Bali for...
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The Butterfly Wall
There is a wall on a building on the other side of the city. It is covered in a mural of butterflies and cocoons. It bursts with colour and life. We’ve been going to this building quite a bit lately....
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New Blossoms
Every spring I feel a need deep down in my bones to change. An urge to start fresh! Clear out the cobwebs! Mix it up! It happens in my home, in my heart, and on this blog. It was exactly 4 years ago I...
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Little Lion Part 5
Little lion isn’t so little anymore. His cherubic cheeks have become angular. His legs are tall like stalks. His head stretches nearly to my chest. And his roar is mightier than thunder. But when I...
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Happy New Year
A new year calls. We take toll of the last. We toss out the things we don’t want. Hold on to the good stuff. And then this magical force beckons. A new start! A new start! We’re all given a chance to...
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A Break
And I will not remember that I ever felt the pain We shall walk and talk in gardens all misty wet with rain And I will never, never, never grow so old again...
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Blue
There’s a blue when I turn at the cliffs. Sweeping me up like a baby. Crashing, falling steeply into the arms of blue. This is the half-light of my dreams. The sound of birdsong wakes me, followed by...
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Watching Rain
Three days of rain. This corner of earth is cloaked with water. The gutters are leaking. The creek next to our house is bursting. I haven’t ventured out much. I’m immobilised by rain. I think I’m...
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Old Willow
Somewhere between the gate post and the cheerless sky I find my footing again. The snapping of twigs. The shrieking of cockatoos. The morning follows me to the creek where I find the old sad willow,...
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The Details
Sometimes I read pieces of writing and I’m struck with how they start with such effortlessness. Just there, out of the blue, beauty begins. And I follow. Finding a place to start is the hardest task...
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