Category Archives: Fear

Mid-Life Crisis (Part 2)

Posted on 21 March 2015 by blackandblueman

Part 1 For the first six months or so, 2012 hadn’t been a bad year. During the last six months, though, things changed. At that time, my five years of therapy with my psychiatrist Dr. Khan came to an end … Continue reading →

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2015: A Life Odyssey (Part 1)

Posted on 6 February 2015 by blackandblueman

Thursday, 28 January 2015. A week ago, a major era of my life had ended with the closing of a restaurant I had been visiting for almost 28 years. Today, it was the beginning of the end for another major … Continue reading →

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Black and Blue Walking Man: Berowra to Hornsby, perhaps (Part 1)

Posted on 24 January 2015 by blackandblueman

Wednesday, 21 January 2015. Just before 9:45am, I boarded yet another train at Town Hall station with yet another Subway lunch. The train headed north, and as most of the next hour passed I ate my lunch and read on … Continue reading →

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Mid-Life Crisis (Part 1)

Posted on 19 January 2015 by blackandblueman

In 2006, English travel writer Mike Carter spent six months motorcycling almost 20,000 miles around Europe. His 2008 book Uneasy Rider: Travels Through A Mid-Life Crisis is his amusing and thought-provoking account of that experience. What prompted Carter to undertake … Continue reading →

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Black and Blue Walking Man: Beecroft to Rozelle Bay (Part 3)

Posted on 22 February 2014 by blackandblueman

Part 1 Part 2 I walked uphill into downtown Drummoyne. Unfortunately, it was a more grim version of Gladesville – which did little for my disappointed mood from the Gladesville Bridge. As well, what felt like a big blister was … Continue reading →

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Black and Blue Walking Man: Beecroft to Rozelle Bay (Part 2)

Posted on 15 February 2014 by blackandblueman

Part 1 About 10-15 minutes after my last break I approached the Gladesville Bridge, one of Sydney’s major bridges. But as I drew closer, a problem emerged. It seemed that a pedestrian footpath didn’t lead onto the bridge but instead … Continue reading →

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