• Tumbulgum – Can You Even Say It?

    The first time I drove past a sign to Tumbulgum, I reckon I did what any non-local would do – I mispronounced it. Yep – I got it totally wrong, because it isn’t how it seems. There are a lot of places down here in Australia with names you can’t pronounce. The first time I…

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  • I Want my Bestie Back!

    We were thirteen years old and it was our first day of high school. Just out of the comfort zone of our own towns, we congregated in the playground of a school we had no business being in. It was the 60s – the early 60s. The Catholic schools we’d each been part of until…

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  • I Moved Away To Follow A Dream… You Stayed To Follow Yours

    If we were having coffee right now… like we used to in the old days… we would be wondering where the years have gone. Wasn’t it just yesterday we would drive to town after work, order a coffee, and dissect the day? What worked, what didn’t – and whose day was more stressful? We would…

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  • When Music Touches Your Soul…

    Most of us have a range of stress busters to fall back on, whether it be self-medication or prescribed pills, a workout in the gym, or indulgence in an alcoholic bevererage. The bottom line is, we all need something. I’m no exception. For the best part of my life I’ve not let too many things…

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  • Biography of an Anzac Bugle

    As I mentioned in an earlier post, I’m currently studying the Diploma of Family History through the University of Tasmania. For the final assessment in Place, Image, Object, I had to write about an object that has been handed down, and/or is treasured by our family. I decided to write about my grandfather’s record-player cabinet…

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  • It Was Accompanied by the Panis Angelicus!

    I recently read a blog where the author wrote about his favourite hymn. It was a great story but it made me wonder how many people have a favourite hymn. I especially wondered if I had a favourite hymn. As I pondered the question a scene played out in my mind, accompanied by the Panis…

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  • That Was A Tough Term!

    For as long as I can remember I’ve been impulsive. And don’t get me wrong, I’m okay with that; I wouldn’t have seen any of the big wide world, or achieved as much as I have, if I hadn’t been. But there are times when I should have thought things through before jumping in, boots…

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