Magic Minute Not A Second To Spare By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // “I’ll never forget the day our neighbour ran into our front yard screaming, “Mrs Smale! Mrs Smale! My baby’s choking! It was 1954 in the back-blocks of Seaford and my single mum, a real hands-on ‘Ma Kettle”, didn’t waste a second for […]
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Magic Minute Australian Grizzlies By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // “All an English friend of mine remembers from his visit to the magnificent Jenolan Caves in the Blue Mountains was what happened to him on his perilous journey back to his hostel in the dead of night. Because it was much too late, the local
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Magic Minute A Teaspoon Of Sugar By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // “The song might say a teaspoon of sugar makes medicine easier to swallow, but that’s not all it can do! While visiting some Italian friends, something caught my eye. The teaspoon in the sugar bowl was shaped like a little shovel with a
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Magic Minute Little Big Man By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // “I was Twenty four, sitting there completely lost and wondering, “What’s this all about?” I was watching the 1970 satirical Western, ‘Little Big Man’ which was far too deep and nuanced for my narrow view of the world to cope with. Because of social
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Magic Minute Where Have All The Flowers Gone By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // “I opened the hatchback and it was empty! “Where are all the flowers?” I thought. “I distinctly remember loading that full carton of flowering plants right here in the boot! But maybe I didn’t and have left them in the nursery
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Magic Minute Wonderful Wonderful Birmingham? By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // “For those who live in England’s historic Birmingham, you either love it, hate it, or something in between. A stately friend of mine of Danish origin told me he was once out for an early morning stroll while visiting Birmingham and chatting away in
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Magic Minute Couched In Caring By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // “On her way to the front door, Cheryl tripped and fell headfirst in the hallway, her face covered in blood and unable to move. “Stay where you are, Mum!” said Callum, her concerned removalist son. “I know exactly what to do. I’m lifting furniture
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Magic Minute A Desperate Waterfall Plunge By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // “My brother Brian and his adventurous mates were about to run the treacherous rapids of the mighty Thompson River, for it was in full flood. But he soon found himself separated from the group and hurtling over an unseen waterfall. Sideswiping boulders, he
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Magic Minute An Odd Angry Scot By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // “Hey, Mum! An angry Scotsman smashed Laurie’s new fishing rod over his knee because we got our line tangled with his off the pier!” (I later learned my two brothers had broken it in half, hitting a fence while swatting butterflies!) But at
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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
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