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Category: Snippets of Life
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A month or so ago, after being inspired by a choir member who plays, I bought a tenor ukulele – a lovely mahogony Kala with a beautiful mellow and sweet sound. I have never been able, or sufficiently motivated, to learn to play guitar, although I have always liked the idea of being able to…
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“Where are you off to?” asked the husband, as I sat in front of the TV lacing up my sneakers. “Out for a run,” I said. And in response to his query regarding available lighting outside, “The moon’s full, it’ll be fine.” One aspect of this plan that I hadn’t fully considered was the fact…
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My brother was married in October (which still sounds strange – my little brother, married), and I took some photos. His wife-to-be looked beautiful. I made the cake, with a fair bit of help putting together the tiers and the flowers. It turned out quite well, and after the happy couple left for their honeymoon…
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I have decided that I live too far from Brisbane to do the Bridge to Brisbane again. I am not sufficiently enthusiastic about the event to make getting up at 3.45am worthwhile. I don’t particularly enjoy hanging around in a crowd of thousands of people, waiting for everyone to start making their way over the…
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I went down to some disused train tracks this afternoon to have my photo taken with the choir I’ve been singing with for the past few weeks. We must have looked a bit odd, wandering along beside the road with our orange silk scarves blowing in the breeze. I watched the photographer’s equipment with some…
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Our Xbox 360 suffered the red ring of death a couple of weeks ago (a series of lights indicating a catastrophic hardware failure and depressingly common), and I sent it off to the warranty place. It was an easy process, and for a moment Microsoft regained some of my respect despite being known for manufacturing…
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