Random Thoughts
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Changi in the Time of Coronavirus
Coronavirus anxiety, industrial-strength disinfectant and a garden full of sunflowers. Changi Airport in March 2020 was a strange mix of uneasiness and beauty.
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Stairway to Heaven?
Sometimes the sky puts on a show so beautiful that all you can do is stop, look up, and wonder.
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The Silver Platter
Life wasn’t handed to me on a silver platter. Perhaps that was the gift: I got to choose my own platter and decide what belonged on it.
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You Are Alright
Bare feet, wet hair, calloused hands, ungroomed nails and apparently very little ladylike decorum. I had quite a list of things wrong with me. Graeme’s verdict was much shorter: “You are alright.”
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The Empty Tomb
There was very little to see inside the tomb—and that was exactly the point. It was empty.
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Fashion Sense: NADA!
I went shopping in trendy Tokyo and somehow came home with this. Clearly, fashion and I have agreed to live separate lives.
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Loving Life
A beautiful view, breakfast, and the sound of happy birds — sometimes that is more than enough.
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Paid Forward
A stranger quietly paid for Graeme’s fuel and left behind nothing but a handwritten note wishing him a wonderful weekend.
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The Road Less Travelled
Stoney’s Creek in Kamerunga to Wrights Lookout is a 14.6 km return hike. The track description says it takes around four hours one way and shouldn’t be attempted from the Kamerunga side unless you’re fit. But because I’m stubborn and love a challenge, I approached it from Kamerunga—and completed the return trip in five hours.…
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Silver Lining
It’s 6:03 am. The sky is overcast, but I can see a little bit of sunshine peeking through the clouds. Sometimes that’s all we need—a little reminder that even when things look gloomy, there can still be something good waiting behind the clouds. Have a great day, everyone, and always look for the silver lining…
Stories Along the Way 