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Quotes to live by
April 17, 2016

To be your own person takes courage and determination To be who you want to be takes dreams To live life to the fullest takes love. I don’t know who said this, but I often refer to this quote when feeling […]

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Lights, Music, Laughter…
January 5, 2016

It’s time. Time to put away the decorations and to pack up the myriad of lights decorating the house to celebrate Christmas and the New Year. Time for the boat to go back onto it’s floating dock after many a […]

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Mairi Neil and Kingston Our City
November 16, 2015

It is Saturday afternoon in sunny Melbourne. The Allan McLean Hall is packed with people attending the launch of the ninth anthology by the Mordialloc Writers’ Group.  Kingston Our City is also the celebration of twenty years of fortnightly workshopping […]

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Three and a Half Inches Behind
August 17, 2015

Be nice to your children, they choose your nursing home I was visiting a friend who has just moved into assisted care. This newly built aged care facility provides permanent care, dementia care, nursing services and palliative care and is […]

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Friendships Between People Who Love The Same Books
July 1, 2015

There are no faster or firmer friendships than those between people who love the same books (Irving Stone) My cousin Julie is part of my life, part of me. For many years we have shared the trials, tribulations and joys […]

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What stopped this writer from writing?
June 8, 2015

Life in all its complexities. The funeral of a friend, the blue screen of death on my beloved computer and the overwhelming urge to clean up years of clutter. All things that everyone experiences at some time or another. However, […]

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Moroka and Memory
February 9, 2015

Writers often rely on memories for their stories, but how reliable is our memory? Memory is a central part of how we think of ourselves, and indeed a central strand of what we might know. Memory is not simply a […]

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