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Hi, my name is Annie. Welcome to my book reviews, ponderings on life, holiday reviews and occasional movie reviews.
The image of this painting ‘Girl with her dog’ reminds me so much of all the things I love… dogs and beaches. Thank you to the artist.
My Recent Posts
“Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
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When I was growing up in Australia (a country that was in the Commonwealth, and still is) in the 1970s, the British royal family, and Queen Elizabeth II in particular, held a magnetic allure. Life for them (as observed by we mere ‘peasants’ in heat-driven and perpetually sunny Antipodean climes in Australia) looked to be a…
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It is an undeniable fact that the environs and wildlife of the Great Southern Land, Australia, are heavenly intoxicating. To the Indigenous Aboriginals (whose ancestors lived here for thousands of years), those who have taken the brave and arduous pilgrimage across treacherous seas (in the early days of the British colony, and later the declared…
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Great love stories don’t land heavily in peoples’ lives every day. When such love engulfs one, it is epic, unfathomable and strikingly beautiful. And love (as we all know) is not limited to the romantic kind. There is also love between a parent and child (including step-children) and love between friends, amongst other types of…
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