My Fair Share

I wrote recently about not having an egg shortage since our elderly neighbour passed away, and her sister moved into an aged persons’ place.
I heard (again) recently about young people just going crazy and having little respect for anyone and eroding the very fabric of community.
Yesterday, the kids and I went to the cemetery to [...]

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Having recently witnessed the torrential rain and subsequent flooding that
put most of southern England underwater, I have now realised how much I take
Australia for granted. Don’t get me wrong, I love England, but the WEATHER!
When it rains in Oxford, everything stops. When the temperature is above
average, everything stops. When the temperature is below average and [...]

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The recent “Jumbo Burger” article has put into a new light a common syndrome that I have recognised in myself, my husband and many others. I, however, call it my “Hammerhead Shark” syndrome.
It was in an aquarium in Osaka, Japan, when I was just thirteen years old that I first laid eyes the [...]

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