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Month: December 2021

Slowing Down

31st December 202131st March 2022 The Human WritersLeave a comment

By Tessa, 65. Somers, VIC I am slowing down. My lifestyle, not my brain or my body — though ageing does reduce the pace at which one can run! It’s been a gradual process I’ve been coming to, particularly as I (and others) have struggled through the last few years in a pandemic.  At one… Continue reading Slowing Down →

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Last Day

20th December 202119th April 2022 The Human WritersLeave a comment

By Cora, 77. Ravenshoe, QLD Any minute now, Roger would watch Tessa walk out the door for the last time. Oh, sure, he would see her again, might see her around town a few times before she flew halfway across the country. She wouldn’t be there with him every day, though, as she had for… Continue reading Last Day →

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The Adventure Years: A Memoir

18th December 202120th March 2022 The Human Writers3 Comments

By Nancy, 79. Adelaide, SA Leaving Home, 1956It was the end of March 1956. I had turned sixteen on the 3rd and had put into place my plans for escaping the very restricted conditions of the parental home. My parents were both born in the 1900s in a small village called Fossacesia in the Abruzzo… Continue reading The Adventure Years: A Memoir →

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Mid-May 2019

16th December 2021 The Human Writers2 Comments

By Lella, 82. Ivanhoe, VIC I’m in Bolzano — the city in Trentino Alto Adige that delineates the boundary between Italy and Austria. Cutting through Bolzano’s heart is the Adige River. While the sun makes a pale appearance, I lean over the railings on the Ponte d’Adige spanning the river. A wind hissing down from… Continue reading Mid-May 2019 →

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Good Sport

15th December 202118th December 2021 The Human WritersLeave a comment

By Karen, 65. Sydney, NSW Don’t mean to brag, but I’m a Triathlete, of some repute. This happened on one of my first races as part of the Australian team, competing overseas in Honolulu. World Champs, Olympic distance race. Great course around parkland one end of the famous Waikiki strip. All race set, fit, jumping… Continue reading Good Sport →

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Healing in Colour

10th December 2021 The Human Writers1 Comment

By Ted, 73. Warnbro, WA After major surgery, I spent six weeks immobilised in bed. Before the days of motorised hospital beds, I was laid horizontal on a flat bed, drugged and weak, making it hard to move my own muscles. Every six hours, a team of six people would rotate my body 90 degrees:… Continue reading Healing in Colour →

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Rose

8th December 20219th December 2021 The Human Writers5 Comments

By Carolyn, 75. Adelaide, SA Rose looked up at the sky. The weather was picture perfect. Damn, she muttered to herself. Normally she would have been delighted, but today, of all days, she wanted it to rain. Come to think of it, hail would be better. Anything to put people off coming. Right little sticky… Continue reading Rose →

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The Secret Door

6th December 20216th December 2021 The Human WritersLeave a comment

By Allan, 77. Salisbury North, SAThere is a secret door and it has a secret lock.It is only for me to know, how it is and where it is.It is never far away, the secret door.I think none know about my secret door, for a secret shared is no secret anymore.I sometimes hint about it,… Continue reading The Secret Door →

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