Monthly Archives: November 2012

Hill End and a tale of seduction …

You can keep your airbrushed, botoxed, Jamie Durie’d insti-beautiful version of the world. Don’t be fooled. That’s not beauty … not real beauty. Real beauty runs much deeper than that. It comes from within. It is imperfection… An invitation. A colourful past. It is a torn petticoat. A chance encounter. A secret. A glimpse. A [...]

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Are we as we seem?

During the week I had to drive to Sydney and I caught a candid interview with Major General (retired) John Cantwell who served in the first Gulf War in 1991, in Iraq in 2006 and as commander of all Australian forces in Afghanistan. For the past 20 years, John has fought his own battle with [...]

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Getting lucky when you least expect it …

Remember this from June? I drew it up in response to a realisation that I’d lived in the central west of NSW for nearly 25 years and yet there were some iconic places that I’d never visited. Here’s the original story if you want to play catch up. Bit by bit I’m trying to get [...]

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