Music and memories are tied so close together. Songs transport us to times in our lives and bring memories flooding back, some good, some bad, some sad. I remember sitting with Mummy in the evenings when the radio program came on. It might have been a weekly program where they played old favourites. The theme […]
I read an article in The Guardian today that prompted this post. Sarah Marsh writes about her experiences as a deaf person, having worn hearing aids since she was a toddler due to genetically acquired hearing loss. She talks about how she had always thought of her deafness as a flaw until she met a
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I am ready and impatient. My older sisters are taking their time getting ready. It’s starting to get dark – the in-between time in the tropics where dusk is almost non-existent and the sunlight is banished by darkness in a matter of half an hour. I can’t wait to head out and mingle with the
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What is joy? The Cambridge Dictionary describes it as ‘great happiness’ and the Merriam-Webster Dictionary as ‘the emotion evoked by well-being, success, good fortune or the prospect of possessing what one desires”. Joy and happiness appear to be synonymous in this world where joy, for the most part, is a fleeting phenomenon experienced when we
The drum set consisted of saucepan covers for cymbals, upturned pans, and an assortment of things that made sounds. And a set of drumsticks. The boy was maybe 14. The set-up was in the sitting room. As you walked towards the house you would hear music, loud music, loud instrumental music. The Shadows were the
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Once the contract was signed, and the cooling-off period ended, we launched into the next phase of our journey, the most difficult and potentially most stressful part of the process. Jerome is a planner who likes to organise in a way that is logical and meaningful to him. I consider myself to be very organised
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Why would I want to document our move? Isn’t it something a large percentage of the population does with regularity? What would be special or different about my preparation to move, not just move homes but move states? I keep hearing a persistent little voice at the back of my head suggesting I do so.
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The Queen died. To most people who hear the words ‘The Queen’ the only queen that comes to mind is Queen Elizabeth II, the only queen most of us know and the queen who, according to a friend, managed to reinvent the monarchy, while making it look as if the reinvention was long lived tradition.
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I came across the following reflections written in July 2018, a little over a year from when I was first introduced to A Course in Miracles and started to study the Text: When I decided to join Emily Bennington’s Facebook group, I made a snap decision. Except I believe it was a guided decision that
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Last year, my daughter Kelly’s friend Amy invited me to make a contribution to her project, Grief Club, which came about following the death of Amy’s mother two years ago. She wanted to share with others who experienced/are experiencing grief, and build a community of hope and spread the word that it is ok to
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We find ourselves surrounded by so many external events that keep us in a constant state of fear. and uncertainty. For the past two and a half years it has been the pandemic. But there is always something: raging bushfires, floods, health issues, family members seeming to attack us. There is the political turmoil in
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