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Grief and Trivia

June 12, 2020

Bereaved and grieving, I experienced an unexpected lack of patience with things that seemed trivial.

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Mother’s Day in the age of Corona

March 20, 2020

To my mum, Corona was a fizzy drink with a deposit on the glass bottle, sometimes delivered with the groceries in pre-supermarket days.

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Good grief

August 16, 2019

The Ruth Strauss Foundation, bereavement and how cricket helped me write The Chicken Soup Murder.

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Primroses for Mum

March 30, 2019

Primroses, primroses, jump into the pot
We’ll take you with us to the new garden
Where we hope you will be happy

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