Pause and reflect // 24 February 2011
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it’s time to pause and reflect.” Mark Twain.
Aljezur images by David Yeo.
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of late
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- Buying time
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- Australia’s $1 billion debt
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- On the inconsistency and contest of toponymy // 2.5
- Like Ice in the Sunshine // 4 April 2015
- I can hear everything inside my little heart // 17 Sep 2014
- 2013 Federal Election Campaign Diary
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- The shower scene // 1 June 2012
- 280 women playing netball // 29 May 2012
- Tax, tutors and the government’s lack of balls // 21 May 2012
- Mrs Taylor’s Cs // 14 May 2012
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A picture is worth a thousand words…Great to think that those solitary people all have their own lives and stories and thoughts. And yet there is only 8 degrees of separation between them.
I’m clearly feeling very pensive this evening.