biography

Blink and it may be gone

Blink and it may be gone

by Mike Cavanagh My dear old mum used to tell me ‘blink and it’s gone, Michael.’ Like a lot of parental advice that I deemed of little interest to me at the time, as years passed my parents strangely grew in their wisdom. Now they’ve both gone and I look back on all the times […]

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THE IMPORTANCE OF LIFE STORY WRITING

THE IMPORTANCE OF LIFE STORY WRITING

Dad arrived in the mail yesterday. Due to the extremely reductive process of cremation, this formerly handsome man of 90 kilograms could now fit into a small cardboard box. If it were possible, he would be laughing at the absurdity of his final journey. Such is the nature of modern-day death and the available option […]

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Conference: Telling difficult life stories and getting them read

Conference: Telling difficult life stories and getting them read

By Sally-Anne Watson Kane All who attended the Life Stories Australia (LSA) Conference 2022 agree that it was an enormous success. LSA members who attended the all-day conference on Friday 2 December 2022 were treated to an entertaining and insightful day of presentations and discussions about topics related to documenting and preserving life stories. Jacqueline […]

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