Magic Minute Race of Survival By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // The ominous clatter of a German half-track echoed through the trees. “They’re right behind me!” Thought seventeen-year-old Lino, hurtling around a bend on his racing bike in the Piedmont foothills. “Better bury myself and my bike in the scrub!” He thought heading for the […]
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Magic Minute Don’t Push Your Luck! By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // Mushrooming with my brothers, we came across a magnificent but very deadly Copperhead snake curled up in the sun, his body nearly as thick as my 9-year-old legs. Mesmerized by the golden glow of his burnished body, I did the dumbest thing imaginable.
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Magic Minute 3-Year-Old’s Logic By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // Ever been stung by the logic of a three-year-old? Well, we were sitting at the breakfast table when one of my little kids started spreading their Wheaties all over their face and making funny growly noises. “What are you doing?” I said. “Eat your breakfast
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Magic Minute Tropical Fruit Salad By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // I was 15 and temptation got the better of me for I was surrounded by a stack of something I’d die for – canned tropical fruit salad. I’d just won $50 in Tatts and thought “Hey, I could buy a whole carton of 36
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Magic Minute Endless Love By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // On Sammy J’s Breakfast Show a lady rang in with an incredible story. Her little Shi-Tzu dog had simply vanished. Broken hearted, they posted signs far and wide and searched everywhere. But nothing. Ten long years went by and their beloved little dog became a
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Magic Minute What’s In A Biscuit? By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // Ever wondered what’s really in your favorite biscuits? Well, I found this out in a roundabout way. When I was 15 I remember seeing scores of large Drums of freshly rendered white animal fat while visiting a meat works. 10 years later my
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Magic Minute Trustworthy Advice? By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // A young teacher we’ll call Sally, once ran an exciting idea for her part in a conference past a more experienced colleague who also shared a segment at this event. Now, Sally was tentative in seeking this person’s advice for she was known as a
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Magic Minute Conversation Success! By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // I once asked a gentleman what keeps him busy and he said, “I’m with the CSIRO working on a project categorizing frogs.” Now over the years I’ve learned to trust my mind to activate ideas stored in my subconscious just waiting their turn. “Aren’t frogs
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Magic Minute No More Bullying! By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // Bullied by the same bunch of cruel kids in primary school and secondary school the die was cast. Bill would go on doubting himself and be browbeaten and humiliated from then on. Years later the crunch came when a top executive instructed him to
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Magic Minute The Italian Islanders By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // When I first heard the term ‘Italian Islanders’ I thought, “Italian what?” But later discovered there is such a proud body of Italians who live on a picturesque volcanic archipelago in the Terranean Sea north of Sicily who consider their Aeolian Islands some of
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