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Cold Feet

by Claudia on May 17, 2020May 17, 2020

  If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading Lao Tzu   It’s a long road that has no turning (from an old Irish… [Continue Reading]

When the going gets tough, the tough get cooking (Coronavirus blog-story #2)

by Claudia on April 17, 2020

“I told you something like this would happen!” Ayu whispered to her colleagues. One of her friends shushed her. It wasn’t in their culture to question or complain or even… [Continue Reading]

This Ain’t No Walk In The Park (Coronavirus blog-story #1)

by Claudia on April 10, 2020April 16, 2020

Dylan stomped his feet and wriggled so much that Sharon took twice as long as normal to put his sandals on.  “Wait up little man, please stop moving,” she pleaded…. [Continue Reading]

Three little things to help us while we Stay At Home

by Claudia on March 31, 2020

So we find ourselves now living in a time of chaotic isolation. Or isolated chaos. A friend said to me today that maybe introverts are happy as pigs in clover!… [Continue Reading]

Let it go

by Claudia on October 23, 2018October 23, 2018

“Own up!” the adult male said. “Who fired that puff?” “He did!” squealed one boy. “No way, it was him!” protested the other. The third boy rolled around giggling his… [Continue Reading]

Childhood freedoms

by Claudia on September 24, 2016March 28, 2017

Forty years ago. One October, when I was six, my family left Holland and arrived in Australia, a land of salty air and big skies, plenty of space and warm… [Continue Reading]

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