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 […]
Magic Minute A Universal Angel Read More »
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
Magic Minute A Good Listener Read More »
Magic Minute Meaning of Words By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // A young German couple sat uneasily in their English class wondering why their teacher had asked them to write down all they know about a working bee. “What a strange question!” They thought, and began wracking their brains for all the things that came
Magic Minute Meaning of Words Read More »
Magic Minute Quirky Aussie Custom By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // Just about every Australian newcomer I’ve met has been thrown by the perplexing Aussie request to ‘bring a plate’ when invited to an informal gathering among friends. Too polite to question why, these newcomers are left to navigate this quirky Australian custom as best
Magic Minute Quirky Aussie Custom Read More »
Magic Minute The Beatles, Southern Cross Hotel and Me By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // So what did I as a young factory worker, have to do with the Beatles’ stay in Melbourne’s iconic Southern Cross Hotel during their legendary 1964 Australian tour? Well, I played a vital part in the actual hand-crafting of the
Magic Minute The Beatles, Southern Cross Hotel and Me Read More »
Magic Minute Ticket to Nowhere By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // “Wow! Working on the remote sheep station of Copley in the South Australian Outback… This is the life for me!” So this 15-year-lad would be off to isolated Copley! A young girl who’d been living at Copley and now working in our Italian glassware
Magic Minute Ticket to Nowhere Read More »
Magic Minute Reluctant Stand In By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // Ever been dragooned into a short-term stand-in for something you weren’t that comfortable with? Well, this happened to me with a group of old guys as organizer of their monthly men’s dinner. But my mind soon changed for among these oldies were many interesting
Magic Minute Reluctant Stand In Read More »
Magic Minute Those Passionate Italians By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // Ever noticed how Italians experience everything they’re involved in with an infectious passion! Well, having lived with them and studied their language for years I’m getting to understand this. I was once stuck in an endless traffic jam trying to reach a remote village
Magic Minute Those Passionate Italians Read More »
