Things learned and loved on Tuesday

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  Learned: I couldn’t save the world but I could make someone’s world better Loved: Oona Ristola photography Learned: a recipe for fig, ricotta and honey toast. Yum! Loved: green and growing homes Learned: why our children need to read Loved: knitted comfort food Learned: three surprising decorating tips Loved: this book-themed hotel Learned: how…

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Storms and sunshine

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At around 5.30 on Saturday morning the storms rolled into Melbourne and crashed and flashed and by all tokens made a bit of a fuss. An angry wind bent the new trees in our new garden this way and that and then both ways at once, sending droplets flying sideways as rain the size of…

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Mail art: ghost post + monster mail

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[c Some outgoing Halloween-themed mail-art from this week…  

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Why I write letters to strangers

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It is an odd thing to do, I know. But in case you’re thinking I’m a bit strange (you wouldn’t be alone) and you wonder why I spend so much of my time writing letters to people I’ve never met, here’s a tiny sample of what greets me in my own letterbox, on a regular…

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Public transport scenes

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Yesterday while walking to the tram stop during peak hour I saw traffic banked up four or five cars deep around a roundabout, at every entry point. Nobody was going anywhere, but nobody was honking their horns, either. When I came closer, I could see that a mother duck and her nine ducklings were waddling across…

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Middle aged?

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Please add two more items to my list of Things My Parents Did That I Thought Were Really Boring But Now I Like Doing Too: 1. Looking at other people’s houses, and 2. Going to garage sales. I remember traipsing around Berowra Heights with my mother while she delivered pamphlets for a part-time job in…

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Weekend links

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Hello! Happy Friday! Is it just me or is this weekend taking a re–a–lly long time to roll around? We are off to the Frankie Garage Sale tomorrow, assuming I succeed in getting the kids out of the house before it finishes. Other than that, I have a big pile of Halloween craft to complete, in order to…

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Kindness, both knowing and unknowing

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Sometimes kindness is a cup of tea, shared between friends. Sometimes kindness is the vessel that holds the tea. Things have been a little less than peachy around here of late. A few weeks ago I was unwell – for three weeks – during which time I also suffered a rather devastating loss of a…

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Morning at mine: pictures + proverbs

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Lessons learned lately: The first cup of tea of the morning is the best cup of tea of the year One mango can make a whole house smell like Christmas Sugar is harder to give up than Facebook Clean house makes happy heart Spring starts when the flowers bloom Two children napping at the same…

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Kindness & chocolate

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I watched this wonderful interview with writer, poet and holocaust survivor Francine Christophe yesterday, and it moved me to tears. What a beautiful, touching story about the power of kindness. It’s part of a new film called “Human” by Yann Arthus-Bertrand that looks to be extraordinary. You can watch the trailer and find out more here. Image…

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I’m quitting Facebook

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I’ve decided to quit Facebook. This time next week, I will delete my Facebook profile, which also means my public page will come down at the same time. If you are my friend on Facebook, and especially if you have made the effort to “like” or “follow” or whatever the terminology is these days my…

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Snail Mail My Email + a letter-writing party?

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When was the last time you received an email? How did it make you feel? When was the last time you received a handwritten letter in the mail? How did that make you feel? Once upon a time, an artist and filmmaker named Ivan Cash took to the streets asking strangers those very questions, and…

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