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So here we are almost at the end of 2015. Where has the year gone? I’m pretty sure I ask myself this every year. Equally sure am I, of the speed with which the year progresses and how that matches my increasing number of years on this planet. While I…
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Connection
It’s been some time since I wrote more than a few lines. Life has been, in a word, hectic. This week, back in my hometown (for more than five minutes), I went to top up my depleted supplies. Living rurally means one needs to be prepared for all eventualities, in particular food…when one has…
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I had a friend like that…
I had a friend like that once too. He spoke to me of faraway places with the sun in his eyes. I remember his crinkled mouth edges and tree-like arms around my back. I had a friend like that once too. You told me today of…
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About Face
Kia ora dear readers. I humbly apologise (once again) for the lack of contact. There’s been an about face. Things being as they are in writing-land, I’ve decided to set free ‘The Novel’, aka masters thesis/conglomerate of thoughts, speech and action AND have returned to basics. Actually, I’ve gone back to some of the ideas…
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Rainbows and Balderdash
Rainbows are always a good omen to me. They conjure up visions of wee irish sprites and pots of gold AND they make me smile. Particularly when it’s been (pardon my language) a shitter of a week. I apologise in advance if this post is complete and utter balderdash. Geez I love…
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Feedback? Yeah or Nah?
This week I was asked to provide some written feedback. Easy right? Well no, not really. I was extremely conflicted. Part of me felt that it was vital to give feedback, given the situation (which I won’t get into here). It also seemed expected from me. But the other part of me…
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Horses for Courses
For a couple of days now I’ve had the theme from Black Beauty running through my head. It’s quite an epic tune really, reminiscent of childhood and the black and white TV we watched (if we’d done all our chores). But I never liked horses, they scared the bejesus out of me. There…
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Sea-Fog & Realisations
This morning I woke to sea-fog, along with the birds. God I love it, this constant exploration of things new! Nearly five months (since I took the plunge and moved to the country) and no regrets at all. Am I surprised? No, not really. But I think some people might be. I…
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Question everything…
Teach your kids to read, and to question everything they read. These words leapt at me this morning, while having my cuppa and trawling through my morning emails (trawling perhaps suggests that there were many – the opposite is true). I have lapsed into a routine, now that I’m writing again,…
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Out with Resolutions
I’ve never been one for making New Year’s resolutions. I think I learned a long time back that they are very rarely held onto for the entirety of a year, and (for the most part) join the piles of discarded, unwanted Xmas presents in the bottom of dusty drawers somewhere. This…
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