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Breast MRI
About this time last year I posted my experience with my first breast MRI (see ‘Happy Dancing‘ in Archives or click on the link). Whenever I learn something new I like to share it so here we go with this year’s experience. I am not at all a fan of recreational drugs, but the well…
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Only 3 meals a day?
When you get old you eat less. Or you should. But if you love food, like we do, there just aren’t enough meals in the day. So when our daughter visits, it is a wonderful excuse toward excess. In the first 24 hours after she arrived I made Chili con Carne with corn bread, and…
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Munch-able Muesli, Great Granola
One of the most consistent and enjoyable habits of my entire life has been sharing recipes. I copied the first recipe from my childhood girlfriend at about the age of 9. It was for ‘Snickerdoodle’ cookies. I still have the handwritten recipe in my file. I also have, in a small frame, my Grandmother’s handwritten…
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Traveling on my stomach
I am a woman who thinks about lunch while still eating breakfast. I regularly photograph my food and frequently the plates of those eating beside me. I’ve written a bit about food in early blogs (see Passing Great Grandma’s Baton) but decided I didn’t want to write a food blog, as such. However, I need…
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Granny’s Secret
Recently I needed some plum jam for a recipe. Plum jam is usually ubiquitous here in Australia, so thinking I’d quickly grab some to have when I made the recipe in a week or so, I dashed down the jam isle at the grocery, in between picking up a short list of essentials. At first…
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Passing Great Grandma’s ‘baton’
When Allison left home a few weeks ago I had a couple of dozen (or so) things to help her with, since she was still working full time and trying to orchestrate an interstate move. In the spare few moments in between, I was trying to come up with a parting gift, or gesture, that…
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There are no ‘Coincidences’
For those of you who don’t believe in coincidence, as I do not, you will be further convinced as I relate to you how my final day of treatment unfolded. For those of you who think coincidence is an accidental event, you may think again. I left the world of institutional living behind and we…
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A leap of faith
If you have never tried soft shell crab and you like seafood, you should try it. Don’t ask exactly what it is, you may not like the answer. Just take the leap of faith and try some. I tried it for the first time here in Darwin, back in May when I was here for…
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Journey to Nostalgia
We started the day off earlier than one of us realised. I heard Don get up and he was not particularly quiet, so it woke me. I looked at the clock which said 5.34. That was late enough that I knew I wouldn’t get back to sleep so when he finished in the bathroom I…
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Make every second count.
We made another early visit to the Parap Markets to kick off the weekend. We had awesome Thai food and just as we were leaving we saw Ivy and daughter Dani. Later we went to have coffee at the Four Birds Café with friends again and I saw someone I’ve met since I’ve been here…
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