[1 June 2021] Many years ago we had a neighbour in a wheelchair for a few months. He was seemingly independent and lived on his own. He would come home…
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What better way to spend a Sunday morning than walking from Rifle Range Look-out to Magic Rock, east of Warrnambool and (sort of) part of The Great Ocean Road. It…
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Repos Ailleurs (three years later)
by Karien Jordaan June 1, 2020Nature favours the number 3 in a fundamental way. There are three main types of stable particles: the proton, the neutron, and the electron. These are the three building blocks…
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“My name is Marvin, as in Marvin Gaye”, the hipster said as I sat down in his consulting chair. “There you go, now you’ll never forget my name.” The fetching…
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Anzac Day with 20/20 vision
by Karien Jordaan April 25, 2020“Oh, so this year you can wear your very own sprig of rosemary on Anzac Day”, my neighbour remarked as I was scratching about in our new herb garden. I…
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This morning was a sunny beach morning in Warrnambool. On my walk, total strangers insisted to embroider on the beauty of the day. Me? I was just focusing on keeping…
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“It’s an irritating reality that many places and events defy description. Machu Picchu, for instance, seems to demand silence, like a love affair you can never talk about. For a…
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Singing and dancing in Enoggera
by Karien Jordaan September 9, 2019[9 September 2019] Was it my age? Was it my cheerful smile? Was it that I looked a little lost? Or was the friendly CityLink bus driver just sharing the…
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[31 July 2019] Over 500 keys and some 200 stops to control the ranks of nearly 10 000 pipes. This marvel of a musical instrument, originally built in 1929 and situated…
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Sentinels keeping watch in the night
by Karien Jordaan July 20, 2019[21 July 2019] Life is full of surprises, thankfully often of the positive kind. The production of Les Misérables by the combined Warrnambool Theatre Company and Holiday Actors is one of…