Category: Personal
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Marble Birthday Cake
“A birthday—and now a day that rose With much of hope, with meaning rife— A thoughtful day from dawn to close: The middle day of human life.”— Jean Ingelow I turned 27 today. I’ve never been that big on birthdays so I’ve just had a quiet day at home with my family today. I spent…
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September 11: Ten Years On
In many ways I almost can’t believe that it’s been ten years since September 11. Perhaps it’s because I remember that day so well and it had such an impact on how I looked at the world but it feels like it was only a few months ago to me, maybe a year, not ten.…
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This photo almost got me arrested…
A bicycle rack in Belmore Road, Randwick, shaped like a Penny Farthing. ~ © CJ Levinson 2011 … well, not exactly arrested. But I guess I should start at the beginning. I went for a quick walk last night and took this photo while I was out. It’s one of a number of bicycle racks commissioned by Randwick…
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Blog Updates
Saying GoodbyeMy mother (right) and Colette, an old friend visiting from England. This is just a quick update to thank everyone for their comments and emails after my last post. I’m still not feeling that well at the moment and so haven’t felt up to replying properly yet; I’m over the effects of the infusion…
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Losing Control
I’m writing this post after undergoing a procedure at the Prince of Wales hospital on Tuesday morning. It’s been two days now and to be honest I still feel awful… my whole body is sore and I still feel quite dizzy and nauseous. I’m writing this post as I want to write down a record…
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Lest We Forget
Yesterday was ANZAC Day in Australia and New Zealand, commemorating the Gallipoli landing on April 25, 1915. Of the more than 44,000 Allied deaths at Gallipoli almost 11,000 were ANZACs; over 130,000 soldiers died on both sides… [Read more…]
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Books of the 00s
It’s hard to believe it’s almost the end of another decade, isn’t it? The 00s have gone by so quickly and so much has happened in the last ten years. From tsunamis to bushfires; Afghanistan to Iraq; 9/11 to Katrina; the millennium to the GFC. I was still in high school in 1999. It feels…
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Family Trees
Do you ever think about your family tree? About where you come from? I’ve been thinking about it quite a lot recently. The idea of learning more about my family line is something that has always interested me and I’ve often found myself looking at genealogy websites, wondering… [Read more…]
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The Elephant Graveyard
Image: Elephant Skeleton ~ Mike Richardson When I close my eyes I dream of deepest Africa The Motherland Our ancestral home Where the orange sun rises Over the plantation lands And the hot winds blow Across the Serengeti plains Deep in the wilderness Vultures hover over an elephant graveyard Swooping to pick at the flesh…
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I Am
Image: I Am Another You ~ Jeff Robinson I am many things A son, a writer, a boy, a man, a friend I am all those things and I am nothing On myself, I depend I am a memory that will be forgotten I am a face that will fade away I long to be…