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 […]
Leaving Melbourne When we drove away from our home of 22 years we did not immediately drive to Queensland. We stayed at my sister Preethi’s home for a few weeks, during which time Jerome travelled to Bangkok with a mate for some well-earned R and R and I spent time with Preethi and Christopher and
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I feel envious when I see someone sit down at a piano or keyboard, or pick up a guitar and start playing effortlessly. One of my longings from the time I was a child, was to play the piano. I took lessons on and off as a young adult, but never quite got past playing
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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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