Today we buried my Nan. She was an amazing woman and I doubt that these words can do her justice. She could cook anything and make it taste good, sew anything and make it look good and say anything and make it sound good. She was an optimist and refused to believe that anything was…
Read moreReconciliation
Today marks an historic day in Australia. You can’t turn back the clock and right past wrongs, but when you do something wrong, or know that a wrong has been done, you can say sorry. See the full text of Kevin Rudd’s speech below: “Today we honour the Indigenous peoples of this land, the oldest…
Read moreI still got my feet
In just a glance Down here on Magic Street Love’s a fool’s dance I ain’t got no shoes but I still got my feet I believe.
Read moreholding out in the cold
i looked up to the stands. few people come and see us. i had given up on seeing her there but there she was by herself in the cold. i don’t know when we will have kids on our own and what and how they will grow up to be. what i do know however…
Read morethe greater game
from the moment we laced up our first skates, we were hooked. the digging, the dangles, the top-shelfers and the tilts. morning, night and in our sleep. we play, because once we take the ice, we forget that anything else exists. no problems. no hassles. only hits and hat-tricks, one-timers, slappers, sick saucers & backhanded…
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