It’s dogs barking both close and far. It’s cars reverberating across a bridge whose joints have been sloppily paved over to create heaves that make an empty dump truck bounce and bang. Ker-chunk.…
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I’m seven years old and my favourite thing to do is watch a worn VHS tape of Labyrinth that my Mum taped off the TV. I watch it so much, my brother regularly hides it…
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arts & music business culture & community sisterhoodThe Path to Success (or: May Your Next Failure be Glorious)
Failure is so important. We speak about success all the time. It is the ability to resist failure or use failure that often leads to greater success. I’ve met people who don’t want to…
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Amber’s experiment with light. This week featuring the winter solstice light. Follow her documentation of the quality of light and how it continuously changes from week to week in Yellowknife, Canada. Click the links to…
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I want to share with you my favorite Filipino breakfast. Above is my grandmother’s Champorado recipe. Champorado (Chocolate Rice) is one of the famous breakfasts in the Philippines. Back home, there are stores that…
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About the work “Refugees, migrants, displaced people – everyone has a word, everyone has an opinion. As thousands flee their homes, the images beamed around the world have shocked and upset in equal measure.…
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There’s been a lot of depressing stuff in the news lately. Things that are making me feel down on the world and pretty shitty about the human race in general. But it got me…
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It seemed like a great idea. A perfect plan. I would spend the Christmas holidays, alone, in a charming cottage in the Irish countryside, overlooking the glorious sea and being a stone’s throw away…
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Along with my afternoon tea, today failure tastes like homemade banana bread abundant in walnuts. It tastes welcoming and satisfying. I’m pretty sure I’ve come full circle just as a lesson in appreciation.…
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I don’t write much about food, which seems odd, because it’s a huge part of my life. It’s probably because it feels weird saying “food is a huge part of my life”. Isn’t food…