Magic Minute Where English Comes From By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // The mish-mash of English origins renders much of our spelling very difficult and illogical for it’s a real hotch potch of influences, invasions, and linguistic mixtures. The very term ‘hotch potch’ comes from an early Anglo-Norman stewpot tossed together from whatever’s to hand. […]
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Magic Minute My Quirky Loveable Mum By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // My quirky loveable mother was something else! Widowed when she was 23 with three little boys under 4 in far away Donald, she battled through thick and thin to keep us together. When I was around 3, something remarkable happened while my mum
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Quote I’ve Always Been a Plodder By Laurie Smale QUOTE // “I’ve always been a plodder – but a determined, consistent plodder!” Laurie Smale, Inspirational Speaker and Author – “Finding Me Finding You” 🦋 #plodder #determined #consistent #lauriesmalequotes #findingmefindingyou Shared online: Archive.org Facebook Page Facebook Profile Google Instagram LinkedIn Page LinkedIn Profile Pinterest Twitter /
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Magic Minute From Terror to Wonder By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // “So there we were, comfortably chatting by the fire in the wilds of the Bogong High Plains, completely oblivious to what was about to happen … I do remember the comforting red glow of the fire reflecting on our faces; the pitch blackness
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Quote A Simple Touch of Kindness By Laurie Smale QUOTE // “A simple touch of kindness can cast a ray of sunlit hope into someone’s darkness” Laurie Smale, Inspirational Speaker and Author – “Finding Me Finding You” 🦋 #touchofkindess #rayofhope #someonesdarkness #lauriesmalequotes #Findingmefindingyou Shared online: Archive.org Facebook Page Facebook Profile Google Instagram LinkedIn Page LinkedIn
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Magic Minute A Universal Angel By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // “Ever been on the verge of your world crashing down around you when some Angel of The Universe appears and shields you from danger? That happened to me in the form of big, lovable,Pancho the Kiwi. We were on a rigorous training trip around
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Quote Be Steadfast in Your Determination By Laurie Smale QUOTE // “Be steadfast in your determination and your fears will keep fading away like morning mist!” Laurie Smale, Inspirational Speaker and Author – “Finding Me Finding You” 🦋 #lauriesmalequotes #determination #yourfears #morningmist #findingmefindingyou Shared online: Archive.org Facebook Page Facebook Profile Google Instagram LinkedIn Page LinkedIn
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Magic Minute A Good Listener By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // “Three thousand times a day we’d do it! My Italian boss Lino would be fed a blob of molten glass and press it into a pancake of mosaic tiles, then I would ‘paddle’ these cakes into the cooling oven over and over again. But
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Article From Shame to Fame By Laurie Smale A real champion. ”There’s no doubt about it, you’re a real champion,” my school teacher and coach, Mr Wilson, would say with conviction. These encouraging words reinforced my belief that I was doing something extra special as captain of the under-nine Seaford State School Australian Rules Football team.
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Quote Always Focus on The Good By Laurie Smale QUOTE // “Always focus on the good; it helps us emerge from our mistakes sure-footed and enlightened in some way” Laurie Smale, Inspirational Speaker and Author – “Finding Me Finding You” 🦋 #findingmefindingyou #lauriesmalequotes #focusonthegood #enlightened #surefooted Shared online: Archive.org Facebook Page Facebook Profile Google Instagram
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