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Philosophy

Carrying on the way we started out

January 19, 2022January 19, 2022 / Garrulous Gwendoline / 15 Comments

Following on from our New Year's Day walk in the Wollongong Botanical Gardens, where we had resolved to start the year out the way we intended to go on with it, on this morning, Sunday 2nd January (2022), my sister and I headed off for a beach walk. We didn't take our phones with us, … Continue reading Carrying on the way we started out

Looking to History for Reassurance

September 28, 2021 / Garrulous Gwendoline / 20 Comments

Way back at the beginning of 2020 a friend lent me a copy of The first fifty years : a history of nursing at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney from 1882 to 1932. When it came time to return the book, COVID-19 was being referred to as CoronaVirus and it was something that was … Continue reading Looking to History for Reassurance

Tangential Thoughts at The Winter Solstice

June 21, 2020June 21, 2020 / Garrulous Gwendoline / 42 Comments

Today is the winter solstice in our part of the world. I'd almost forgotten until we were cleaning up after a very late lunch / very early dinner. I looked up and noticed how pink the sky was. (According to my third grade teacher, I think I was supposed to say, how pink was the … Continue reading Tangential Thoughts at The Winter Solstice

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