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Category Archives: Happiness
Building Again (Part 3)
Part 1 Part 2 Sunday, 16 March 2014. I got up at 7am, which for a night-owl like me was too early (especially on a Sunday). At 8am I was out the door, and after lugging two large wheeled suitcases … Continue reading
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Building Again (Part 2)
Part 1 I traveled down to Liverpool and the 2013 Sydney Model Railway Exhibition. Soon, I found the display by the Lego group and the two members manning it. I introduced myself and we spent the next hour or so … Continue reading
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Yet again, one does not simply walk into Clouston & Hall Booksellers
Friday, 22 August 2014. For the first time in more than two years, I was back in one of my favourite places in the world – Canberra. That in itself was enjoyable enough, but there were two other reasons why … Continue reading
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Rust and Marty and Steve and Danno (Part 3)
Part 1 Part 2 Hawaii Five-O was very different from True Detective, indeed. For one thing, it was fast. Not only did each episode’s story – or several stories – move at breakneck speed, but often everyone spokeveryrapidlywithoutpausingforbreath. For another … Continue reading
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Return to the Garden of Eden
Mid-morning, Tuesday 8 July 2014. It was the second morning of the second week of grueling work. I had only gotten up barely two hours before, but already I was feeling tired from poor sleep. I wanted to go back … Continue reading
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Black and Blue Walking Man: Hornsby to Artarmon (Part 3)
Part 1 Part 2 I continued south-east from Roseville towards Chatswood. About halfway to Chatswood, I saw something that made me laugh loud and take a chance on trying to photograph it. And the result in all its rushed and … Continue reading
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Black and Blue Walking Man: Hornsby to Artarmon (Part 2)
Part 1 The first half-hour of my walk was uneventful as I followed the Pacific Highway south-east through Waitara and Wahroonga. And then around 12:30pm in Wahroonga I had this amazing encounter. After that, I kept on walking and pushed … Continue reading
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Black and Blue Walking Man: Hornsby to Artarmon (Part 1)
Saturday, 25 January 2014. Once again I got up at 9am; made it to the local Subway by 10am; and boarded a northbound train from Town Hall station at around 11am. Just before noon I got off the train and … Continue reading
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Kindle: Year Three
Kindle Kindle, again Kindle: Year One Kindle: Year Two Three years ago today, I made one of my greatest life-changing purchases ever – my Amazon Kindle Keyboard 3. And it’s still going strong, with 1831 titles and 686MB of free … Continue reading
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The Lego castle in the forest at dusk
Hundreds of years ago during my childhood in the 1970s and early 1980s, two of my favourite toys were Lego and die-cast metal cars. Although there were several brands of cars, everyone referred to them generically as ‘Matchbox cars’ (after … Continue reading
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