Sitting on a cornflake

the fool on the hill sees the sun going down and the eyes in his head see the world spinning round

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I think there should be a rule that everyone in the world should get a standing ovation at least once in their lives.

August Pullman in Wonder by RJ Palacio

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The only time you’ll play well in an audition is if you go into it assuming you’re the very best or the very worst.

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“A loose, floaty dress is the work appropriate version of a nightie, and that's pretty much all I need to know” - Scarlett Curtis

Dress of the year. And while we’re at it, might as well be kettle of the year.

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January

So this afternoon we plopped into town to try our hands at Irish dancing, which I’ve been waiting to do for about twenty years. I was wearing a navy striped dress with gold belt and white slip-ons with lines as thin as pen nibs.

It was a ruddy no-show from everyone on earth so instead we took sanctuary in a dark corner of ACMI and watched an episode of quality Australian television (Round the Twist) before buying ice creams from a cart and stealing a blue skied stroll along the river bank.

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The title of my next book, according to my afternoon nap - “As for me, tell her that the kitchen doesn’t burn.”

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I saw the sunset with my eyes. It was beautiful.

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He stepped down, trying not to look long at her, as if she were the sun, yet he saw her, like the sun, even without looking.

Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

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I pulled up at a red light and thought I saw a little wave coming from the royal blue car to my left. Thinking it was a friend of mine, a look confirmed that it was actually a woman’s mullet flapping at me through the open window.

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The 8th Harry Potter book is being written! How cool would it be if JK and her publishing team kept it a massive secret and the only way people found out would be to stumble across a pile of them in the bookshop windows... Wait. What’s a bookshop?

[strawberriesandcitrus]

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Do you remember how I said that it is sad when we forget the faces of those we love? I now think that we never do. I think that we imagine that they are lost, when what has happened is that they have become a part of us and can no longer be explored objectively. I would like you to think of me like that. Knowing that I will always be with you, though you may not be able to recall my face.

Astrid’s letter in Let Me Sing You Gentle Songs by Linda Olsson

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The very essence (well, the tagline) of my blog!

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Surviving Christmas

A mid-December visit to Chadstone shopping centre was happily brought to you by:

- The Pentatonix Christmas album - Arriving at 8:45am to embrace the empty* car park and beat the retail population and rising mercury - Discovering the prettiness, calm and top choice of seasonal tunes in Card & Caboodle - The caffeinic delights of the Laurent Bakery - Start-of-shift smiles from shop workers - Avoiding JB HiFi and spending minimal time in Target

*actually

To over-balance the above, a list of festive reminders:

- Be safe on the road. - Be considerate on the road. Indicate. Merge well. Be generous. Pay attention, especially in a right turning lane. Dickiness is not welcome. - Get your head out of your phone, especially when walking. Especially when j-walking. - Be aware of other people. Especially if you have a trolley or pram. - Leave none of these in a hot car: babies & children, pets, plants, musical instruments, food, water bottles, records… - Look out for friends and loved ones but also look out for people you don’t know. - If you receive a colouring book for Christmas, try not to feel the need to tell everyone about it. - If you bake for Christmas, try not to feel the need to tell everyone about it. - If you indulge in some craft, try not to feel the need to tell everyone about it. - Be gentle, be tolerant, be patient, as much as possible. Tuck impatience, selfishness and aggression into your back pocket. - A smile goes somewhere.