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Weekly Photo: Luna Park
Entrance to Luna Park, an amusement park in the Melbourne suburb of St. Kilda.
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Melbourne City2Sea
Settle down, I know what you’re thinking. That form! That pure, raw athleticism! She must be an elite athlete… a former Olympian perhaps? And as kind as you are, I must confess: I normally don’t look...
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Love Me a Visitor
For the first year we lived in Australia, we didn’t have a single overseas guest. With the exception of a few visits by members of Paul’s family who lived in the country, our guest bedroom remained...
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Melbourne’s Run for the Kids
Our group of runners- parents from the kids’ school. Back in January, I set some New Year’s goals for myself. One of my goals was fitness-based, and included the participation of one race of at least...
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Visitors
Hey, guess who I picked up at the airport the other day? Mom and Dad (a.k.a. “Grandma and Grandpa”) have flown in for a visit of nearly a month to the delight of all involved (or at least those of us...
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My Bomber Boys
We received a phone call last week with a fabulous offer: would our boys like to play on the field during halftime of the upcoming Essendon-Geelong match? It’s an Australian sporting tradition that I...
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Mastering Monet
Every three months, our youngest has “Diabetes Clinic” at Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne. It’s her routine check-up and it’s become a regular outing for the two of us. When she first began these...
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Calling all ghosts, goblins and ghouls…
It’s that time of year again in North America. The stores are decked with Halloween merchandise, costumes and 5-pound bags of candy. There is a crisp feeling in the air, leaves are changing color, and...
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Les Misérables Revisited
I was 21 and spending a semester studying in London. I had fallen in love with the city; adoring its velvet-seated pubs, green parks under grey skies, cobblestoned mews and late night fish and chips...
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