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Validate My Gait

I always used to get compliments on my feet. That might sound weird to some people, but when you’re in a ballet class, feet are a pretty central focus of everyone’s attention. It’s normal for those blessed with high arches, natural turn-out and a sense of balanced weight transfer to get attention for those things. …

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Agapanthus for foliage

Agapanthus are a fine choice for greenery. Today we help Brooke M with her question about agapanthus. We enlisted the help of two experts, our usual gardening expert Leroy James, and colour consultant Patricia Wright. Brooke reached out to us via text to ask her question. While we do enjoy hearing the buzz of a …

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Pen Pal Predicament

Harry just informed me that he’s moving to the USA. Given that he’s ten, combined with my distinct absence of desire to move there, that’s unlikely to happen any time soon. I’m essentially humouring him because I want him to keep writing to his pen pal. I’ve always thought it nice for kids to have …

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Apologies to Balustrading

Ah, I remember the great balustrading concern of…some year. I say it was a concern, because I really don’t think it was that big of a deal. Mother and Father had made the decision to replace the sweeping wooden balustrading of our grand staircase with glass, for a truly modern look. They did research on …

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Frosty Goodbye

I tell you what, if you’re going to go all-out and get a portrait of yourself painted, and then hang that portrait in your fancy entrance hall…you’d think it’d be a good one. I was lucky enough to be invited to a fancy party at Whitehall Chapel, which is the fond dream of many, but …

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Heating, IRL

I have to say, despite being pretty much the only kid in my school into Japanese animation, and thus forcing myself to love ALL Japanese animation, I was never into Cool-i-Oh. Even when the kids in my grade got into the officially licensed trading card game and started challenging each other to duels where they …

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My Special One

One day, my special one will come. I’ve been told that it’s the way that all love goes: it’s perfect, pure, protected with a ring, and it’s going to be great. It hasn’t happened yet though, so for the time being I’m just sitting here in my office, wondering if any of my workmates…are the …

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Glass Wonders

I might have been to a lot of states, but for some reason I’ve never been to Melbourne. I suppose Mum and Dad never had business there enough to take me along, and from what I’ve heard it’s not exactly a world-class holiday destination. Absolutely no offence to Melbourne, I’m sure it’s a really important …

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Fun or Filler?

It’s easy to be sceptical of high-end office design in an age that’s seen giant slides between departments and tipis with LED campfires in lieu of meeting rooms having become standard fare in that department. It’s not that I’m against these types of flourishes; I just find it hard to believe they’re all they’re cracked …

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Mountains of Nappies

Until I became I parent, I never thought twice about the layout of my home. Well, I probably thought about it twice, or maybe even ten times, but still not a whole lot. Things like bench heights, closing mechanisms on cupboards, location of power points and durability of surfaces were really not on my radar. …

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