Category: Guest Post
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Memories of a Country Education
by Ian Harry Wells (Wellsy) Armidale is a city of learning, being home to the first NSW Teachers’ College established outside of Sydney. The Armidale Teachers’ College is a heritage-listed (now former) tertiary college at 122–132 Mossman Street, Armidale. It was designed by the New South Wales Government Architect, Mr Tolhurst, and after the demolition of…
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Things Come in Threes by Ian Wells
What would you do, if you lost your long-term partner? How would you cope with the grief? My Armidale Teachers’ College classmate, Ian, writes about just this. Feel free to share your own experiences of loss in the comments, and we will get back to you. Successes, disasters and catastrophes, good things, not so good…
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Coping With Covid
Covid isolation and protesters as seen through the (younger) eyes and voices of 2 women I am proud to call relatives: https://www.facebook.com/coronavirus_info/?page_source=covid_vaccine_faxit&hoisted_module_type=covid_vaccine_development Ange R questions deniers and ‘rebels without a clue’ on Facebook: I ask you this, why are you protesting about lockdowns when there is so much other shit in the world to get…
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A Story of a Genteel Ghost told by Roger Britton
A Genteel Ghost a true story by Roger Britton I never believed in ghosts before, but now I am not quite sure … perhaps a “presence” is what I mean … St Mary’s Convent and school, in Warren, central New South Wales, had been the home for Josephite nuns for over one hundred years. A…
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a father’s tale … by Ian (Harry) Wells
There really are FEELINGS IN YOUR HEART you don’t even know exist until you have a child of your own. It’s a sensation without description. When our first-born finally arrived, it was the greatest day of my life. A fortnight after the expected time of birth, my wife was put into hospital, as the doctor…
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“Snakey” by Roger Britton
“Snakey” by Roger Britton I soon learnt Death Adders were dangerous in more ways than one. The common belief among us school boys was that, once you were bitten by a death adder, you only had three minutes before your tongue went black, the whites of your eyes turned pink and you fell over and…
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Life is a Beach: a guest post by Ian Wells
Life is a Beach Have you heard the saying, Life is a beach? Have you ever strolled along a sandy shore? Scrunching wet sand deliciously between your toes? I have I’ve watched the spray fly, heard the waves pound marvelled at dolphins dancing enjoyed the birds’ aerobatic antics. I’ve felt the sting of the hot…