Thoughts on Ageing
My mum celebrated her 60th birthday on the weekend. At a bar. In the city. With live music and her family and best mates. Fried food and pizzas flowed, as did the drinks. They danced, took photos for...
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There is a deep dark place that I visit. Peat-bogged and blanketed in silver moss. My feet don’t move; my clammy hands lead me. Reaching, clambering for something to hold on to. Fingers slipping,...
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I found this website that publishes a collection of notable letters from interesting people. I wanted to share it with you today. In the days before email and text (Watch out…gonna get Land before Time...
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Tea will get cold in between emails Cookies won’t be baked with love and consumed with a vengeance The sprinkler will only sprinkle grass (not a toddler) Block aereoplanes won’t be built (how will the...
View ArticleGhosts, new beginnings, and a place in the sun – Part 2
A Wedding We didn’t think we could make it. When we found out about the M&J wedding many months in advance, and before Papa’s arraignment, our immediate internal response was “No, we can’t go.”...
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