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Joyful Memories from Gifts of Love
I’ve already talked about realia; the stuff used by historic figures or at historic events and therefore worthy of collection. But as it turns out, we leave us day-to-day reminders of themselves as well – Gifts of Love.
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How to Choose What To Do First
It’s been a busy couple of weeks. I have so much to do that I’m not sure what to do first. Or second. Or last for that matter.
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What is Love?
I’ve been watching a few romances lately, and I can’t help asking, what is love? Bearing in mind the standard romance book/movie/song story line where a person meets another person, falls in love, has a big fight, gets back together and lives happily ever after.
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In-laws Dinner Party
I have to start by saying you can’t have a stress free event when your guests stress you out. That makes today’s In-laws Dinner Party a somewhat questionable proposition.
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Pleasure and Pain of your Mother’s Realia
The last of my mother’s effects, or I suppose they’re realia now, recently arrived in the post. It’s a queer feeling.
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Dealing with Assisted Death
Following a multi-party, Upper House inquiry into “end of life” choices; Victoria may become the first Australian state to permit assisted death.
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In Memoriam Gwendoline Busby (1927 – 2017)
Gwendoline Busby (nee Dimes) was born in the East End of London in 1927. She survived the poverty of the Depression and bombing during the Second World War but never really got over her evacuation or the death of her youngest brother.
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Why You Are Lost Without Your Family Photos
As you know, I have been making arrangements for my mother’s funeral, and I spent almost a whole day looking through family photos for pictures of her. They will be placed up large on a tv screen in the Chapel and small for the memorial card.
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The Perversity of the Business of Death
My mother’s last illness has reached its logical conclusion, and I am struggling to deal with the business of death.
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The Melancholy of Ghosts Passing in the Night
I’m back at home, tired, jet lagged, and don’t fit into the Alexandria shaped hole I left behind. Feels like we’re all just ghosts passing in the night.
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Alexandria’s Adventures in Morning Routine
Following my brush with the collapse of control, I’ve been noticing a lot of chat about “morning routine” in my podcasts and webinars lately, and there has been one thing that stood out for me.
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Importance of Free Will in Destiny
After the destiny post, I was accused of being depressing. Not what I hoped for, but it leads into a discussion about the place of free will/autonomy/human agency in destiny.
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For Better or Worse, Life goes on
My Aunt’s funeral is over and according to popular wisdom I’ve said my goodbyes and should move on, but I don’t want to rush forward yet. Life goes on; and at this time of year, life is relentless.
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How Not to Regret Your Life…
My Aunt’s is the sort of thing that makes you think about your death and wonder how not to regret your life.
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The Ghosts of Christmas Past are Alive in the Supermarket
I’m not sure if you have noticed, but the ghosts of Christmas past are sneaking up on us again. Perhaps if I left the house more often I would have noticed the relentless build up sooner, but writing and its spin-off businesses are generally solitary home body occupations.
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Dealing with Aging Parents
We just got home from a mad dash back to the town we grew up in, to visit our respective aging parents who have assorted medical problems, and are approaching the time when we don’t know when/if will be the last time we see them.
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Virtue of Friendship; Family
At one end fo the continuum, a family is held together by duty, and the other by love. For one Christmas is rules and obligations, the other a good fun catch up. The child serves the parents, or the parents the child.
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Virtue of Friendship
I realised I had to talk about the Virtue of Friendship before I could get into planning for friendship with creatures in the next post. Mainly because we need to know about friendship before we can talk about how that relates to things that aren’t people (as shown in the revised virtues table shown below.)