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In praise of disposable tweezers.
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6
What's water? said the fish.
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2
Flight paths
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7
Puppies in the window
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13
The kindness of strangers
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2
What's living, but courage?
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1
Finding Narnia
This last week in Sweden, I’ve been swimming every morning, in every kind of weather.
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2
Puppies in the window
(Or internet dating)
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13
Flight paths
Years ago, in the final months of my first marriage I bought a lovely duck-egg blue tablecloth.
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7
In praise of disposable tweezers.
They say that change is as good as a rest, which is welcome news … because the two weeks I took off from 5 minute reads, wasn’t a rest.
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6
Years that answer
‘There are years that ask questions and years that answer.’
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2
The Secret Superpower of Midlife: Part 3
This week, it’s really just for the laughs.
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5
Paper stars.
Yesterday I found myself wandering through the Christmas section of a nearby department store.
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18
A life.
My mum turned eighty seven this week.
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8
A new way to chat.
My friend’s mum is getting married.
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Cary J Hansson
5 minute reads from a 50something woman
5 minute reads from a 50something woman
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