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  • Steve’s 60th was months in the making: his family and I took about 50 text messages to find a weekend that everyone was able to travel up and surprise him; […]

    Sixty

    Steve’s 60th was months in the making: his family and I took about 50 text messages to find a weekend that everyone was able to travel up and surprise him; […]

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  • Just two weeks after having been there for our holiday, we drove to Melbourne for the weekend for  Jarrah (my first cousin once removed) and his fiancé’ Chelsea’s engagement party/ […]

    Engaged

    Just two weeks after having been there for our holiday, we drove to Melbourne for the weekend for  Jarrah (my first cousin once removed) and his fiancé’ Chelsea’s engagement party/ […]

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  • We had two good lunches and an impressive dinner this month. The first lunch was in regional Victoria: a restaurant called Brae, which featured fresh produce grown on site, seasonal […]

    Two lunches and a dinner

    We had two good lunches and an impressive dinner this month. The first lunch was in regional Victoria: a restaurant called Brae, which featured fresh produce grown on site, seasonal […]

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  • What I liked about the mornings was the racket that the birds made before dawn, screeching and singing away so close by. There was only a tent’s thickness of fabric […]

    Alive and dead

    What I liked about the mornings was the racket that the birds made before dawn, screeching and singing away so close by. There was only a tent’s thickness of fabric […]

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  • The night that we were going out to dinner after Steve’s dad’s memorial service I missed a call from Maggie. I remember her message caused me some worry: it was something […]

    Kay

    The night that we were going out to dinner after Steve’s dad’s memorial service I missed a call from Maggie. I remember her message caused me some worry: it was something […]

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