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  • The Hurting Kind

    The Hurting Kind

    I find that the nearer we get to the end of the year, the faster things seem to roll past us. Even the weather is not feeling like December. Normally at this time of year it is very hot with very little rain but we have had all sorts of nonsense. Last Sunday we had…

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  • Microaggressions & Strong Connections

    Microaggressions & Strong Connections

    This has been a week huntyyyy! Norm only returned from Qatar on Monday so I was on my own last weekend. I was so tired that I just hibernated. I was harbouring a lot of anxiety and stress about the phone call from HR the Friday afternoon advising my contract ends at the end of…

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  • The Grace of my Creator

    The Grace of my Creator

    I have a few odd ‘things’ when it comes to ‘performers’. I do not watch magicians. I find them unimpressive. I am not a fan of comedians as most of them mistake cruelty for comedy. The only exception is the comedy which is based on truth. Anything that makes me nod along and relate to,…

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  • Bring in the Clowns

    Bring in the Clowns

    Superheroes have a lot to answer for. Even old school knights were often pictured with a cape wafting heroically around them in the wind. We talk about someone ‘caping’ to mean defending someone indefensible. We have been conditioned to expect a man to come and save us from all of our dilemmas. Even I do…

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  • Let It Burn

    Let It Burn

    We have a family ‘joke’ that every time Norm travels out of the country there is some drama or catastrophe. There were a few dramas this week which would normally be dealt with by Norm, but with him not here I had to be both Lisa and Norm! I mentioned in a previous post about…

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