Magic Minute Christmas New Year Wish By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // Christmas New Year Wish – Hi I’m Laurie Smale A plea before Christmas. Hello Laurie. My name is Amy. I’m 14 and so ashamed of my speaking phobia. Before my class, I freeze and can’t even talk. I need help. My reply. What […]
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Magic Minute Christmas Magic By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // ‘Christmas Magic’ Hi I’m Laurie Smale It was Christmas. We opened the door and all stood there incredulous for there wasn’t a lot of joy in our home at the time. My wife’s Multiple Sclerosis was worsening, my business was floundering, mortgage rates 18%, kids
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Magic Minute Knowing A Person By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // ‘Knowing A Person ‘ – Hi I’m Laurie Smale. At an Aussie rules football match I found myself in a corporate setting enjoying lunch over a glass of wine with Ian Port, the local respected Town Planner. Now Ian’s beloved Bulldogs were playing their
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Magic Minute Junkyard Treasures By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // ‘Junkyard Treasures’ – Hi I’m Laurie Smale. When I was 13, I found refuge from my school maths torments in old Bill Menzie’s junkyard. There my fertile mind discerned the difference between scrap metal and precious metals and true junk from expensive antiques. But what
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Magic Minute Face in the Crowd By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // ‘Face in the Crowd’ – Hi I’m Laurie Smale. The excitement was unbearable for the Kernot Country School Concert was about to begin yet 8-year-old Patricia McKee felt sad for her Mummy and Daddy would not be there. They ran the General Store
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Magic Minute Halloween Surprise By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // ‘Halloween Surprise’ – Hi I’m Laurie Smale. I recently found myself in a pumpkin head mask venturing down the street with a gaggle of Halloween clad grown-ups and excited children, which was strange, for I was a bit skeptical of this Pagan American import to
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Magic Minute A Touch Of Kindness By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // ‘A Touch Of Kindness’ – Hi I’m Laurie Smale. Deathly weak, my head began to spin. In spite of a stormy night she’d tracked me down to my dingy room at the back of that tenement block. I was about 20 at the
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Magic Minute Conversation Magic By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // ‘Conversation Magic’ – Hi I’m Laurie Smale Ever been enriched by a chance conversation with a total stranger? Well enjoying their meal, Joe and Nicky fell into friendly conversation with a solitary man seated near them and pretty soon they were drawn into his moving
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Magic Minute Peace and Harmony By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // “Peace and Harmony” Hi I’m Laurie Smale. In the summer of 1955, 15-year-old Jill bravely boarded a small plane for a memorable holiday in Germany with her pen pal Hilda. In spite of the war, Jill felt no ill will towards German people for
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Magic Minute Tale of the Unexpected By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // Tale of the Unexpected – Hi I’m Laurie Smale In my short illustrious cycling career the world revolved around teenage me with my brand new racing bike and fancy Italian gear. I really was a sight to behold. One day, riding along in
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