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Granules
"granule - a small piece like a grain of something" Cambridge English Dictionary "a small particle; especially : one of numerous...
2 days ago
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In old age, life is a holiday
"Hopes, dreams, your favourite cuisine?" Siri The title and the quote are two interrelated nudges to write about something vague - I...
3 days ago
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Pumpkins, fairy stories and recipes
"A fat round pumpkin is used both as a candlelit ghoul at All Hallows and as a fairytale stagecoach to whisk Cinderella to the ball" ...
Apr 27
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I found it - sort of
"Passing time adds false memories and modifies real ones." Stephen King Remember yesterday my despair at not finding the tube of hot...
Apr 26
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The seasonal divide
"I momentarily forgot that not all Spring celebrations are about Easter, that, for many, Easter isn’t a thing at all, and that not all...
Apr 23
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Easter - done✓ Now I can relax
This is Australia. It's not spring, it's autumn. So there is no connection to the symbolism of the pagan fertility, or the Christian...
Apr 21
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Growing in the dark, dancing in the light
"the holy grail of rhubarb" Yotam Ottolenghi In his newsletter recently Yotam Ottolenghi told his readers about "the most unexpectedly...
Mar 31
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French village moments
Clocks slay time... time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the clock stops does time come to life....
Mar 19
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Culinary haikus - an AI suggestion
"Haiku moments are the will-o’-wisps we seek. The purest of them aren’t formed by effort. They arise naturally when we allow ourselves to...
Mar 11
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Again
"When you feel stuck in life and work, start by boiling a pan of water. Then see what you have. Some greens? A handful of olives? Even...
Mar 8
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Soused herrings - moments
"Why is it that weeks and months and years go by so quickly, all in a blur, but moments last forever?" Jennifer Donnelly I remember. I...
Mar 5
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Valentine's Day on Melbourne's river
"There will always be ladies who lunch. Always. And apparently they live a long time." Elaine Stritch I think I may have used that quote...
Feb 15
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February - beginnings and endings
"the reason God made February short a few days was because he knew that by the time people came to the end of it they would die if they...
Feb 11
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To plan or not to plan
"It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further than you can see." Winston Churchill I have a busy week ahead of me: a...
Jan 20
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Same old, same old ... hiatus
"Downtime is where we become ourselves, looking into the middle distance, kicking at the curb, lying on the grass or sitting on the stoop...
Dec 29, 2024
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From Mrs. Beeton to ...?
"Had people ever lived like this, my suburban mind wondered. Somewhere, might they still be doing so?" Julian Barnes I shall begin this...
Dec 18, 2024
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So Christmas is coming ...
"Humans need fantasy to be human, to be the place where the falling angel meets the rising ape." Terry Pratchett The quote above...
Dec 15, 2024
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Life, the universe and everything
"If I could define enlightenment briefly I would say it is 'the quiet acceptance of what is." Wayne Dyer I don't think this post will...
Dec 6, 2024
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Who are these people?
"I know of three reasons that people go to coffee houses: to drink coffee, eat pastries, and socialize." Martin Bayer/Quora On Wednesday...
Dec 5, 2024
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Back to normal
"Normal - the usual, typical, or expected state or condition" Oxford Languages I just tested my COVID status, and as expected, it was...
Dec 1, 2024
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