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The Lightness of Being. 4 May 2013 | 12:26 am
“Cheers mum” and we adult children raise our flutes high and toast our dear mother. After a passionate rendition of singing Happy Birthday, complete with hip-hoorays, her casket is wheeled to the wait...
Mum's Passing - Thoughts. 9 Apr 2013 | 05:58 am
March 19 2013 Thanks everyone else who has taken the time and care to comment, it's beautiful to be cared for by my Facebook family, hugely appreciated. Home now for a glass of red, my sister is sh...
Gulliver's bind, and the Lightness of Being. 8 Apr 2013 | 07:05 am
Like a modern day Gulliver, the family ties that gently wrapped loving arms around me, and gave me a stable, solid grounding; from tropical Cairns and Rockhampton, to Toowoomba and beyond to far flung...
Tonight's the Night! 1 Mar 2013 | 12:18 am
It was all he had hoped for here and now. As he watched her dance en pointe, his breathing slowed until he heard his own heartbeat; keeping time to Swan Lake, Act Three. The audience shuffled quietl...
Washing Day 19 Jan 2013 | 01:13 pm
“Lift your boob mum, there you go.” My sisters and I take turns in showering her; it’s a loving chore we grow to love and dread. We wash her with great care and tenderness –and at times great dollop...
New Year’s Eve and all that I loathe. 28 Dec 2012 | 11:39 pm
I hate this time of the year. Some people might be Christmas Grinchs, but not me; I love everything about the Christmas season; the carols, the gift-wrapping, the careful cooking of timeless recipes o...
Test Link 3 Aug 2012 | 09:39 am
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Whose Freedom? 19 Mar 2012 | 12:42 pm
Looking at this picture, who had the most freedom? The three gliding pelicans; unconcerned to our human life of worries; or the three teenagers, now past-students - having completed senior studies at ...
Me and Bobby McGee 19 Mar 2012 | 12:40 pm
Did you ever think that the clear, solid notes coming from a trumpet would be golden? This is me and Bobby McGee, except I am behind the camera, taking the photograph. His name really is Bobby M...
Beyong the gate 19 Mar 2012 | 12:39 pm
It looks charming, and it is. A simple wooden gate, painted white, the typical "picket fence" attracts the eye, but looking around, the scent of the frangipanni flowers also attracts the senses. Th...
