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My real-life miracles

  • 31 March 2024
Nowadays, we use the word miracle figuratively. Either we don’t believe miracles really happen (at least, not anymore)…
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Meeting your future friend

  • 22 January 2020
When we meet someone for the first time, how often does it occur to us that they may become a significant part of our lives? What would change if we approached first meetings this way?
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How tacos can change your life

  • 4 October 2019
I’m not really sure why World Taco Day is a thing. It’s probably just a marketing device to…
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Hula hoops, goannas and the games we play

  • 14 February 2019
Here's a confession: I can't make eye contact with good-looking strangers. Once we're in a conversation I'm totally fine, but once I've assessed that you're a hottie I will try pretty hard not to look at you at all. Just because you're handsome doesn't mean I want you, okay? Dating and attraction is such a game - and a messy one at that. Valentine's Day and what you do or don't do is just an annual component of this game.
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Aperture/Closure

  • 25 July 2017
I. It’s been one of those nights when sleep escapes and in its wake these words that race,…
llifestyle
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Reclaiming convenience

  • 26 May 2017
If you’re anything like me, you’ll occasionally stumble into extended conversation with a random. It doesn’t happen quite…
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What have you done for the first time this year?

  • 3 November 2016
Five firsts for 2016 I have a friend who, at the age of 29, saw, smelled and heard the sea for the first time. And then, for his 30th birthday, he went ten pin bowling for the first time. Which got me thinking: is this what my life has come to? Is there, as Solomon laments, nothing new under the sun for me? What significant “firsts” have I experienced this year? I racked my brains and they are few but fine ...