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mothering
Christ Church St Laurence has been connected with my family for a long time. It was reported that my eccentric great Aunt Bee regularly slept on the church grounds, with the apparent blessing of the rector. My daughter, daiskmeliadorn, attends … Continue reading
Posted in emotions, family, friends, music, observations, special days
Tagged B Minor Mass, Christ Church St Laurence, family, J.S.Bach, Jessica Lee, Josie Ryan, Lent, Mothering Sunday, St George's Paddington
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Shriven
It’s that time of the year again. chocolate-banana vegan pancake, Shrove Tuesday 2017 I like the idea of Lent, of spending a period focusing on something different from your ‘normal’ life in the hope that you emerge somehow as a … Continue reading
Posted in emotions, family, food, friends, health, observations, special days
Tagged Lent, Mardi Gras, pancakes, vegan
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Partnership
I haven’t run much for quite a while. From September 2015 to July 2016 I was constrained by a hamstring tendon over-use injury. And when I tried starting running again I sustained two thoracic vertebral fractures, due to osteoporosis in … Continue reading
Posted in coffee, emotions, family, friends, health, injuries, running
Tagged Blackmore's Half Marathon, daiskmeliadorn, partnership, running, Sydney Frontrunners
Half Marathon Highs and Lows
It was a perfect autumn Sydney morning for the 2016 Sydney Morning Herald Half Marathon, which starts at sunrise. I am too old, decrepit and lazy to participate, but daiskmeliadorn was keen to improve on her time in the Grunty … Continue reading
We celebrate! We eat!
We didn’t sing The Internationale (Billy Bragg’s lyrics), but it was a great May Day celebration, nonetheless. Matt, who has recently been laid so low by Crohn’s disease and its surgical treatment, arranged for the family to go out to … Continue reading
Posted in emotions, family, food, friends, health, observations, running
Tagged Crohn's disease, half-marathon, ileostomy, Jagos, lunch, May Day, running, vegan
Meeting Rose in Haven, with joy
I met for coffee with Dr Rose Ellis today. We went to Haven. [“Haven. tailoring coffee joyously”] I found this place when I was looking for somewhere to meet Rose – near Central Station, but not too close to Rat … Continue reading
Posted in books, coffee, emotions, family, friends, health, observations
Tagged Bee Miles, bohemian, book, coffee, daiskmeliadorn, deviance, family, Haven, mental illness, National Library of Australia, PhD, Sunday Truth
