I have finally completed this slim novel. I began reading it a long time ago, perhaps even last year. It is a retelling of a childhood spent in the deathcamps of Auschwitz and Buchenwald. It was very intense to read. I have no concept of how he survived. This book won the 1986 Nobel Peace […]

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Not sure how I found this clip and beautiful song now…enjoy…it touches something in me….

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Today was totally different to yesterday. Much better in fact. It was still busy and I still had to deal with things I don’t like but I chose to be present in each moment and this made the day full of lovely surprises for me.
My mentor, I hadn’t seen for a year or so, dropped in […]

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When my kids were in Primary school, one of them, I’m not naming names, came home from school with the latest joke! S/he slapped my face (ever so lightly and playfully) and then said “Forget it, it’s in the past now”. We both laughed and went out into the world to find others to play the […]

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My son has been extremely well behaved of late. Getting his licence has been a great thing on a lot of levels. He seems happier with his independence. He drives to school a little later in the mornings than I delivered him, because I had to get to school too, on a different campus. I […]

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I think most people associate Mercury retrogrades with communication breakdowns, and frustrations. Mercury rules mind and communications. It’s not all doom and gloom though. This period can bring a time of rethinking things to find better solutions. It’s a time to reflect and ponder. Although it’s not recommended that you take strong initiating action.
This article […]

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“When I was cyber-bullied, first and foremostly, I felt violated, humiliated, anxious and upset. I wanted to hit the person back immediately.”

Tom Woods is a 16 year old boy who you may have heard of before. ‘Student cracks Government’s $84m p0rn filter’ (Herald Sun) was the first I’d heard of him. His latest feat ‘Schoolboy […]

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This statue of Guanyin in the Asian Collection at National Gallery Victoria is in a striking pose. She looked relaxed yet upright and confident. I love it. It wasn’t one of the things we were shown in our quick tour of the Gallery yesterday. If I’d been the tour guide it would have. We saw another version […]

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The power supply on my laptop died last night. It’s been playing up lately so when the little battery thing came up, I just continued thinking I’d deal with it later. By the time I got to checking it, I had little time left and had a bit of a panic, when I couldn’t repair […]

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My next door neighbour hates the beautiful tree in front of my house because of the leaf litter he seems to feel tormented by.  Some mornings I will leave for work with my front garden covered in leaves and then come home to them piled in my driveway and this neat patch of dirt instead. […]

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