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Two Platforms
You know that feeling when you want to go for a swim, but it’s not quite hot enough that the water won’t shock you with its chill? That’s how I feel about blogging at the moment. Bathers on, I’m standing at the edge of the ocean, all conditions are ripe for me to just wade…
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Viva La Difference
Like a lot of people, in the past week or so I’ve watched Nanette on Netflix. Ostensibly it’s a stand-up comedy gig by “Our” Hannah Gadsby (we Aussies love to claim our successes), but it is SO much more than that… I urge you to watch it if you haven’t yet, and to re-watch and…
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Friday Night Lights/Taking Stock: Winter
Hello. Do you like this photo? I do. It’s kind of like my brain tonight, a bit fuzzy yet still pleasing to look at. It’s actually an out of focus photo of evening traffic. Loads of people in their cars, waiting at the lights, heading for home after a hard day at the office. Tonight,…
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The Power Of Telling Your Story
Few things in life are worth setting an early alarm for, but on Thursday night I set one so that I could be on time for Friday’s break in scheduled programming. At my last cardiac clinic appointment, my fabulous clinic nurse Caroline asked me if I’d be interested in participating in filming a project to…
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I Object!
Objection, Your Honour! Strike that from the record. That’s my feeling about yesterday. It was a no good, very bad, waste of time kind of day. I was subpoenaed to be at the Magistrates Court to give evidence about a car accident I saw last year. Fair enough, happy to oblige, nice views. The…
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Step aside Half-Pint
Were you a Little House on the Prarie fan? I was. I loved that TV show. Half-Pint was the super sweet nickname that Pa gave to Laura, which is the perfect segue into today’s blog post. Capacity. What’s yours? Capacity is not a one size fits all deal, yet I’d venture that hundreds of thousands,…
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Peace Talks
Did you read the one about the high level peace talks where only one delegate showed up? You can catch up with that one here. ✌🏼️ Annette x Edited with BlogPad Pro
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It happened in the dark
When I was in my 20s, I had one of those life defining experiences that people often share on YouTube, except that back then, YouTube didn’t exist. I was still six years away from owning my first mobile phone. Anyway, back to my story. I was 24 or 25, I really can’t remember, and my…
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Annette: a retrospective (1968 – 2018)
When I opened my laptop today, I had no idea that I’d be writing my 200th blog post. I like the symmetry of a ‘milestone’ post being the first in Annette: a retrospective (1968 – 2018). I can’t believe that I’ve written 199 other posts here, sent each of them out into the…
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Lessons from the heart
I’ve had nothing but time on my hands since I was wheeled out of surgery last Thursday. Here are some things I’ve been pondering. Hearts are amazing. Really, that should say hearts and heart surgeons are amazing. Last Thursday at 10am I lay in the catheter lab, on a bed/slab whatsit which I’m sure has…
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