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Sometimes You Have to Do Things Afraid
--- Some dreams don’t fade. They wait. For most of my life, Egypt was one of those dreams. Not a passing interest, not…
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Coming Back to Books
I’m about to write about something that millions, possibly billions of people do every day without giving it a second…
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The Sound of Self-Awareness: When Devices Disrupt Our Shared Spaces
No, this isn’t just another blog about smartphone or device use. We all have one, we all use them, and we need them for…
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From weightlifting to winging it, my shoulder saga, weeks five and six.
I am writing today, not dictating. Although dictating is a lot easier, but I feel the need to use both hands. Earlier…
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From weightlifting to winging it, my shoulder saga, weeks three and four
Weeks three and four were almost normal. They say it takes 21 days to form a habit so the habit of wearing a sling is…
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From weightlifting to winging it, my shoulder saga, week two
It has been two weeks since my shoulder surgery, and this past week has taught me three valuable lessons. First, drugs…
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From weightlifting to winging it, my shoulder saga, week one
A few weeks ago, I fell and dislocated my shoulder. I wrote about that experience at the time, and you can read it…
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Oops! I Did It Again: The Art of Complicated Injuries
It started like any other Sunday. The radio was on, Mardi and I were reading: I was lamenting another loss by the…
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Traveling with Low Vision: Five Essential Tips
Sometimes our eyesight lets us down. In my case, my vision has been a challenge since I was born. For over 50 years,…
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As I See it...The Joy of Pets
In 2007 we bought a brand-new Audi A3. It took us about 10 minutes to make the decision. A few years later we adopted…
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As I see it...How I see it
I am often asked, “so how much can you see”. Or I hear comments from time to time from folks who don’t know me, “You’re…
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As I see it...Catching Covid
The Chronicles of Cairns… As a regular traveller for Vision Australia Thursday night in early June 2022 before I travel…
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As I see it...the COVID Chronicles
Two years ago it started. None of us knew what we were in for. There has been highs and lows, days when we thought it…
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As I see it...it is more than a game
It's 1975, a week before Grand Final day in Sydney, my father tries to convert me. He is an avid Roosters supporter:…
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As I see it…searching for normal
A topic of discussion among my friends, family, colleagues has been: will life ever get back to normal? I’m no…
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As I see it…300 days between flights.
As a frequent traveller pre-COVID, I enjoyed (endured) 300 days between my last flight pre-COVID and my return to…
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As I see it...hard work
Mum, bless her soul, writes in her journal in 1982 how happy she is. She has four wonderful boys and a loving and…
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As I see it...travel and photography
As a family, we often travelled in Australia: Gulgong and rural NSW, the Snowy Mountains, Canberra, the Gold Coast and…
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As I see it...time and memory
The concept of time weighs heavily with me, even before that crisp August morning. The day you, Mum, died. 29 August,…
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As I see it...sight
As you’ve read, I’ve got pretty crappy eyesight. Mum writes in her journal, July 1967, when I’m 18 months old: I feel…