Magic Minute Unexplainable Wonder By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // Ever experienced something wonderful that defies explanation? Well, the first part of it happened on a nice summer’s day when I stumbled across the resting place of Lachlan Macquarie, Australia’s fifth Colonial Governor from 1810 to 1821, among the woodlands on the Scottish Isle of […]
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Magic Minute Mind-Expanding Wonders By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // I can’t remember my mother ever reading us kids a story, so we had little appreciation of the wonders between the pages of a book. But I did catch a glimpse of these wonders in grade three where I’d seek out a well-worn book about
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Magic Minute Walking Tall By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // Julie was terribly self-conscious of her height after being taunted by cruel kids at school for years. Even in her 20s she was still walking in a ‘special way’ to make herself look shorter to be like typical people. So boyfriends were scarce and didn’t
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Magic Minute The Great Camel Ride By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // At our Primary School Twilight Fair, I talk my tentative 8-year-old daughter into an exciting camel ride around the school oval to expand her knowledge and experiences of the world. “They’re very friendly and the man will lead you,” I said to shore
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