Magic Minute Behind a Book’s Cover By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // Can you believe this? Right up till I was 22, I’d proudly announce to anyone who’d listen, “I’ve never read a book in my life!” How misguided and sad. Already working in a junkyard at 13, I can’t recall my struggling single mum […]
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Magic Minute A Lifebuoy of Hope By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // Ever found yourself in water so deep you’re about to go under when a lifebuoy miraculously comes your way? I was nervously sitting in the college cafeteria having clawed my way through a year of five subjects as the last chance, mature age
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Magic Minute Things Animals Teach Us By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // We learn a lot from animals, even vicious predatory ones like ferrets. As a young lad, I was smitten with the idea of having my own ferrets to do some rabbiting to help my single mum feed us kids. But I needed a
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Magic Minute Reaching For The Stars By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // When reaching for the stars, remember even the little ones twinkle with their own special presence. When I was a naive 16, I said to my factory boss, Lino, “I’m going to be a famous singer!” He smiled: “It can take years to
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Magic Minute No Time Like Now! By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // Hi, Laurie Smale again. Now’s the time for a very warm Thank You for all your support in what I do. For I appreciate it more than you’ll ever know! You see, two short years ago at 78, I was totally ignorant of
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Magic Minute The Man In The Santa Suit By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // Peace and harmony in our world is always a struggle, but we see hope through the eyes of innocent children when Santa arrives! But all too soon, kids grow up and have to face the real world, too. So, who is
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Magic Minute Times For Kindness and Goodwill By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // I once saw a guy park a nice new motor mower beside his hard rubbish stack. “Is this going out?” I asked. “Yeah. Uh, my dad just died and I’m cleaning out his shed. It’s yours.” I couldn’t believe it. For life
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Magic Minute Only The Lonely Know By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // A talkback radio caller once had me sit up and listen! He was saying, “Feeling alone and at a loose end, I was walking along the quiet end of Melbourne’s Flinders Street when another lone figure wearing sunglasses came into view.” Afraid of
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Magic Minute Long Held Fear Left Behind By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // Young Johan was skating full pelt along the frozen canal to get home because darkness was now upon him. But in the poor visibility, he crashed through a works barrier and into a hole in the freezing water. “I’m going to die!”,
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Magic Minute Boys’ Close Call With Crocodile By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // Figure this out… The southern state of Victoria has no tropics or crocodiles, yet me and my little brother got the fright of our lives when we came across one of these maneaters on the river flats behind our country home! The
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