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Black and Blue Walking Man: Manly to Sydney CBD (Part 3)
Part 1 Part 2 I left Spit Junction, and about 10 minutes later into south-west Mosman I came upon two wonderful sights. The first sight, off in the distance, was the Sydney Harbour Bridge. The second sight, only a few … Continue reading
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Black and Blue Walking Man: Manly to Sydney CBD (Part 2)
Part 1 I headed west along the Manly Scenic Walk into the suburb of Fairlight, where I stopped and first used a resource that would become invaluable throughout the rest of my walk. A few nights before when preparing online … Continue reading
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Black and Blue Walking Man: Manly to Sydney CBD (Part 1)
Saturday, 4 January 2014. I got up at 7:30am, excited. Finally, the big day was here. I was out my door at 8am, and a short train-ride later I was at Circular Quay by 8:30am. Just before 9am I got … Continue reading
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Black and Blue Hoarder In Recovery (Part 1)
Wednesday, 1 January 2014. I’d gotten up just before 9:00am, and for the past hour and an half I’d enjoyed some relaxing surfing (online, not on the water). Now it was 10:31am, and I started debating about whether or not … Continue reading
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Patting a dog
Thursday, 28 November 2013, approaching 11pm. I’d just stepped through the front door to my apartment building when I saw a young woman coming down the stairs from the first floor. I then noticed that she also had a young … Continue reading
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Building Again (Part 1)
As I mentioned in my previous post, and in a few others during the past 12 months, “the last year or so of my life has been strained at times”. Things haven’t been horrible overall – but lurking in the … Continue reading
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Genghis Khan, thank you and all the best
Long-time readers of Black and Blue Man may recall this post from August 2011 in which I described seeing a terrible accident on the way to dinner at a favourite restauarant, and the very kind gesture at that restaurant that … Continue reading
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Before Black and Blue Man: The Six Visits (Part 3)
Part 1 Part 2 Five more weeks of appointments went by. Wherever possible, I booked each week’s appointment for Friday afternoons as a good way to end the working week. At the time I often walked home across the Sydney … Continue reading
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Before Black and Blue Man: The Six Visits (Part 2)
Part 1 The day arrived for my first appointment with the psychologist. I left my office at mid-afternoon and walked from North Sydney down to nearby Milsons Point, with the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Luna Park nearby. I arrived at … Continue reading
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Before Black and Blue Man: The Six Visits (Part 1)
Early 2006. I was working for another Canberra-based account, and once again travel was required – which at first was exciting. To my mild disappointment, however, it turned out that I would only going down there for one day – … Continue reading
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