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Friday, April 3, 2009

What would you have said?

I found this interesting. See what you think: Quote: "Consider this experiment: Out of the following four items, which item would you say doesn't belong with the others? AXE LOG SHOVEL SAW Did you say that the log doesn't belong? This experiment was conducted around the world in 1996. In cultures... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, April 2, 2009

Cycles

It wasn't so much that the grass was so much greener outside; it was more that the grass inside was so much less green than it ought to have been. It had been left to its own devices, uncultivated, overgrown and straggly, choked with overbearing weeds and in need of a severe overhaul. It hadn't been... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, March 28, 2009

Sunday afternoon

One of the nicer things about an extended and warm autumn -- in either hemisphere -- is being able to be outside when I feel like it, which I won't, often, in the summer heat. Around me are the sounds of someone's jazz music, the far-off buzz of a whipper-snipper somewhere, and a few bird-calls now... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Hot hot hot

We are long overdue for a break in the weather; it is uncommonly hot for autumn. Today someone borrowed our floor-standing fan, thereby increasing the working temperature in our research room to over 30 degrees. The air outside the open window, at four floors up, seems to just hang in the courtyard... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, March 21, 2009

I cracked

Again. I sit quietly listening to the minister, and from out of nowhere the tears begin to flow. Sometimes the sense of grief and loss overwhelms me. I dab my eyes clean, discreetly checking in a mirror for stray mascara - not the done thing really but no-one's looking. It got worse. After the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Untitled

I'm so sorry not to be spending more time on reading and commenting - a quick scan is all I am managing and I do thank my friends who keep reading... It's almost as if I have shut down for a while, not knowing what to say, what to think... This is what recovery sometimes entails, periods of just... Sign in to see full entry.

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Still too hot for Autumn

When I lived in England, I used to love the onset of Autumn. My favourite season has beeb topsy-tuvy for me, and I haven't been very comfortable these past few weeks being back in the humidity of an unusually hot week. When it rains, there is some relief, overnight, but once the sun comes up it is... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, March 16, 2009

Have you heard the sound

of the angel voices? Ringing out so sweetly, ringing out so clear.. I find this carol almost constantly in my head, and I have to say I wonder why. I so much enjoyed being part of the church choir over Christmas and into January. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy-JruP1Zmw I went to church on Sunday,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, March 14, 2009

I'm so hot

Not that kind of hot. I'm really, really hot, and I don't like it. It's after seven in the evening and no, this is not menopause... it's suburban Sydney, in the early Autumn. Air conditioning does exist, but it isn't being run where I'm staying (my friend is an environmentalist, an admirable... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, February 28, 2009

Always Listen to Your Mother

http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/latest/5358819/young-man-attacked-shark-avalon/ Today I have reason to be thankful that my son got away with surfboarding with his friends, early on summer mornings along the Northern Beaches. I used to say to him to be very very careful, that I was worried because this... Sign in to see full entry.

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About this Blog

I started this blog in 2006, round about the time my 28-year marriage was unravelling. It was difficult for all concerned, even for my ex who handled the situation about as badly as it’s possible to do. The damage is still emerging, when I least expect it. The children are adults and both now live with their father in Australia. After the divorce, the future initially looked bright. It still does, although there are a number of complications. I have a new relationship to nurture, sometimes thrown into confusion through my daughter’s negativity when she visits. I’m a member of the church choir, which is really important to me. I think I’m happy, apart from those moments of conflict and opposition that we can all do without. Time will tell. To quote William Shakespeare: O time, thou must untangle this, not I. It is too hard a knot for me t'untie

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