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Kiangardarup: Small Town Saints and Sinners
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Kiangardarup may mean 'the place that has nothing' or it may mean'a poor man's place' or even 'pertaining to nothing'- it is the traditional name of the Elleker Lake system west of Albany .W.A. Wednesday, May 07, 2008. Small Town Saints and Sinners. In a small city, there is an edge between anonymity and identity where those who don’t fit in, live halfway between madness and normality. I know several quite ordinary saints who conduct miracles over the chook pen. Posted by Kyan gadac at 10:50 am. Thanks f...
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The Occasional Adventures of Betty: Roadkill makes me cry
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The Occasional Adventures of Betty. Cranky middle-aged chilli-loving scared-of-spiders motorcycling author looks for adventure in some strange places. Sunday, 9 August 2015. Roadkill makes me cry. Kangaroos on the school oval - a potential road risk for all of us (and especially them! My topic this time is the unbelievable sadness I feel when I see roadkill. Between Cooma and Canberra at the moment there must be a LOT of tow-truck operators and a shitload of panel-beaters making a SHITLOAD of money!
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The Occasional Adventures of Betty: August 2015
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The Occasional Adventures of Betty. Cranky middle-aged chilli-loving scared-of-spiders motorcycling author looks for adventure in some strange places. Sunday, 9 August 2015. Roadkill makes me cry. Kangaroos on the school oval - a potential road risk for all of us (and especially them! My topic this time is the unbelievable sadness I feel when I see roadkill. Between Cooma and Canberra at the moment there must be a LOT of tow-truck operators and a shitload of panel-beaters making a SHITLOAD of money!
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Kiangardarup: February 2005
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Kiangardarup may mean 'the place that has nothing' or it may mean'a poor man's place' or even 'pertaining to nothing'- it is the traditional name of the Elleker Lake system west of Albany .W.A. Wednesday, February 23, 2005. It's a Matelock Moon and the Marri is flowering heavy. On the ground the bandicoots are getting thin while in the trees the possums are getting fat. I'm told that old timers reckon it means that we'll have a good winter. We shall see. Posted by Kyan gadac at 10:07 pm. Of course, the c...
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The Occasional Adventures of Betty: February 2013
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The Occasional Adventures of Betty. Cranky middle-aged chilli-loving scared-of-spiders motorcycling author looks for adventure in some strange places. Thursday, 28 February 2013. Life: a multi-Betty perspective. Biker Betty, that international woman of mystery and adventure, has reinvented herself a few times over the years. Housewife, mum, student, gay divorcee, author, biker, teacher, blogger… The latest incarnation is Sadie the Cleaning Lady by the Seaside. I get quite a kick out of seeing the spic-an...
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The Occasional Adventures of Betty: February 2014
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The Occasional Adventures of Betty. Cranky middle-aged chilli-loving scared-of-spiders motorcycling author looks for adventure in some strange places. Wednesday, 26 February 2014. Letter-writing - rediscovering simple joy. When I was a recently-transplanted Pom, back in the mid-1960s, one of the most exciting things ever was the arrival of a letter or a card all the way from England, with Nana or Grandad’s handwriting on the envelope. And then came email. How immediate! The Readers Digest 'mail' that has...
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The Occasional Adventures of Betty: April 2013
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The Occasional Adventures of Betty. Cranky middle-aged chilli-loving scared-of-spiders motorcycling author looks for adventure in some strange places. Wednesday, 24 April 2013. In which Betty’s day swings like a pendulum. Broken power steering belt. Fantastic. Oh, and the repair shop didn’t have a spare one. The day just keeps getting better and better. Not wanting to be late for my appointment at the school, I pressed on, beltless and a little disconcerted, (not to mention concerned about how much it wa...
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The Occasional Adventures of Betty: October 2013
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The Occasional Adventures of Betty. Cranky middle-aged chilli-loving scared-of-spiders motorcycling author looks for adventure in some strange places. Thursday, 17 October 2013. Willy wagtail nest at the Post Office. Duck family at the main wharf - Daddy Duck is striding ahead to shoo away the seagulls. And my garden is flowering. Oh, how it is flowering! Waratahs, azaleas, roses, my one and only rhododendron… the clematis I planted earlier this year. the grapefruit tree…. Two different types of waratah.
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The Occasional Adventures of Betty: Musings on hypocrisy and virginity tests
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The Occasional Adventures of Betty. Cranky middle-aged chilli-loving scared-of-spiders motorcycling author looks for adventure in some strange places. Thursday, 12 March 2015. Musings on hypocrisy and virginity tests. I was reading a mag in the staffroom yesterday as I tucked into the lovely stuffed capsicum I'd taken for lunch, and I almost choked when I read this 'In Brief' snippet, :. Seriously, ya think? Officials who truly believe they have a mandate to do whatever they bloody well like to us. The c...
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The Murgatroyd Blog: The Alberta Provincial Budget and Truth Seeking
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You may reproduce materials with full acknowledgment to Stephen Murgatroyd PhD FBPsS FRSA / Troy Media, You can read more about Stephen at www.stephenmurgatroyd.com. Thursday, May 28, 2015. The Alberta Provincial Budget and Truth Seeking. Some have dismissed this as "the NDP trying to lower the already high expectations". I dont think so. This new government is developing a habit of telling the truth. We had all better get used to it. It will be a new experience. We are not delivering the level of servic...