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CategorySomething about Mondayitis
A sniff of the full blown condition usually sets in around 5 pm, Sundays.
As I write this, it’s a Monday, and I think I’ve got it bad.
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Something about Bobby Fischer
In 1993, Paramount Pictures released a movie that had zero effect on my life at the time. It was Searching For Bobby Fischer starring Laur..
Something about citizenship and belonging.
Recently, I was privileged to attend my husband’s Australian Citizenship ceremony.
I had done the same thing many years ago; although m..
Something about an architectural hymn
There’s a particular ‘thock’ when an adjustable triangle bumps against a parallel ruler. Until June, I hadn’t heard it for almost ten year..
Something about closing ceremonies
Closing ceremonies don’t really do it for me.
As I sat folding a mountain of washing on my morning off, peopled sambaed, waved flags, s..
Something about innocence and ignorance
Forty years ago, I became a mother for the first time.
Five years after leaving home in the UK, I ventured into the world of conflictin..
Something about going for gold
I’ll call it August 2001, but it began long before then.
The Flora and Fauna Act and White Australia Policy put runs on the board for our..
Something about doing something
I want to start something.
I heard something at church yesterday and while I didn’t like it, I agreed with it.
We have become a mean..
Something about champions
As I sat and watched the bright lights and fanfare of the Olympics Opening Ceremony, Woolworths interrupted my viewing with an advert prom..
Something about Pokémon Go
An early confession: I know nothing about Pokémon Go. Absolutely nothing. Too old for the first wave, too disinterested for the second. Ev..