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Category Archives: Family
My Mother
The news of the death of our Monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, with all the outpourings of grief, brought up a lot of memories of my own mother and her death. After the death of my father in 1970, my mother … Continue reading
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Alone
I am alone…………. After my beautiful friend crossed the Rainbow Bridge the other day, I realised that for the first time I am truly alone. With all the other partings, be it divorce, relationship breakups, the deaths of my parents … Continue reading
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Tagged Abyssinian, cat, kitten, LB, Little Bir, Rainbow Bridge, Taffari, Taffy
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Alone
I am alone…………. After my beautiful friend crossed the Rainbow Bridge the other day, I realised that for the first time I am truly alone. With all the other partings, be it divorce, relationship breakups, the deaths of my parents … Continue reading
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Tagged Abyssinian, cat, kitten, LB, Little Bir, Rainbow Bridge, Taffari, Taffy
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R.I.P. Little Bit
Little Bit May 1996 – 8th October 2012 The past week has been an absolute nightmare, since LB decided she would no longer eat. For several days she still drank water – not as much as usual but at least … Continue reading
R.I.P. Little Bit
Little Bit May 1996 – 8th October 2012 The past week has been an absolute nightmare, since LB decided she would no longer eat. For several days she still drank water – not as much as usual but at least … Continue reading
Doctors & frustration with health system
Even after working for doctors for most of my working life I still find the medical profession very frustrating. I had a fall recently and was in considerable pain. I also needed some repeat scripts and referrals which were needed … Continue reading
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Tagged appointment, appt, doctor, GP, health system, medical, medicare, nurses, public hospitals, ramping, referrals, scripts, surgery
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Doctors & frustration with health system
Even after working for doctors for most of my working life I still find the medical profession very frustrating. I had a fall recently and was in considerable pain. I also needed some repeat scripts and referrals which were needed … Continue reading
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Tagged appointment, appt, doctor, GP, health system, medical, medicare, nurses, public hospitals, ramping, referrals, scripts, surgery
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5/5/2012
On the 30th April, Samhain, I had a bad fall. I think perhaps the Gods were trying to tell me something, but if they were I haven’t quite worked out what the message is yet. Being forceably slowed down I … Continue reading
5/5/2012
On the 30th April, Samhain, I had a bad fall. I think perhaps the Gods were trying to tell me something, but if they were I haven’t quite worked out what the message is yet. Being forceably slowed down I … Continue reading
ANZAC Day 2012
25/4/2012 – Anzac Day – the day when all Australians and New Zealanders remember their diggers. Lest We Forget!………………………………………or have we already forgotten? My Dad lied about his age and enlisted as an underaged recruit in World War I, the … Continue reading
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Tagged Anzac Day, Australia, destructive, Digger, disastrous, Gallipoli, Hiroshima, horrific, Lest We Forget, Nagasaki, New Zealand, Suvla Bay, terrible, the Great War, Vietnam War, We will remember them, World War I, World War II, WWI, WWII
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