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Jul 21, 20202 min read
MIND OVER MATTER
A true story by Gerdette Rooney I suddenly realised I was possibly lost and there was no point deluding myself any longer. The landscape...
sydneysoa
Jul 11, 20205 min read
'ON THE SHORTNESS OF LIFE' Seneca's ancient thoughts prompt some personal responses
'The mind that is untroubled and tranquil has the power to roam into all the parts of its life; but the minds of the engrossed, just as...
sydneysoa
Jun 24, 20204 min read
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
George Santayana (1905) A personal essay response: There is a building in Surry Hills that caught my attention after many years of...
sydneysoa
Jun 24, 20205 min read
Why Arts and Humanities Are Vital To Education
SSOA members' responses to this week's writing prompt ranged from opinion pieces to addressing the proposition obliquely through fiction....
sydneysoa
Jun 21, 20201 min read
NEW SATURDAY ZOOM MEETUP
Sydney School of Arts & Humanities is up & running with a new Saturday meetup for writers ... 2PM on ZOOM. 'Writing with Spirit' is what...
sydneysoa
Jun 17, 20202 min read
FACEBOOK CENSORS SSOA 3 TIMES
I TRIED A 3RD TIME TO POST INDIGENOUS MATERIAL ON FACEBOOK AND WAS BLOCKED. THIS MORNING I TWICE ATTEMPTED TO POST AN ARTICLE ON FACEBOOK...
sydneysoa
Jun 17, 20201 min read
The Nutty Professor (or is it Imposter?)
If we stop testing right now, we'd have very few cases, if any. Donald Trump If we stopped reporting job losses, we’d have very little...
sydneysoa
Jun 13, 20202 min read
Writing of the Week - Suits
Yes, I call them ‘suits’. Whenever I see a good-looking guy wearing a suit, it's like Superman to my girlish imagination. There’s...
sydneysoa
Jun 4, 20204 min read
I Can't Breathe
This week's writing prompt is intended as a mark of respect and solidarity with the family of George Floyd who was killed by police in...
sydneysoa
Jun 3, 20202 min read
'Silence is Compliance'
The American coaching organisation, CoachVille, has published a statement in support of all people of color, as the term is used in the...
sydneysoa
May 20, 20202 min read
My Brush with Fame Writing of the Week
London, and specifically Central London, can produce some interesting sights in the fame stakes. One Saturday afternoon I visited a...
sydneysoa
May 12, 20202 min read
Writing of the Week
CORONAVIRUS Nowhere to go With all his usual cafes closed, the writer has nowhere to go – except deeper into those unexplored recesses of...
sydneysoa
May 4, 20204 min read
WRITINGS OF THE WEEK
OUR WRITERS' PROMPT - DOUBLE, DOUBLE TOIL AND TROUBLE 'Double, double toil and trouble,' the barista said, making yet another coffee in...
sydneysoa
May 2, 20201 min read
Free at last - emerging from Quarantine at 1 minute past midnight
'Quarantined' is now available as an ebook on Amazon. It tells the daily diary experience of compulsory quarantine for an Australian...
sydneysoa
Apr 13, 20205 min read
Quarantined - Part 10
Ooh-la-la Easter Monday How fresh the air, how scenic the landscape, how free my spirit feels. Am I lost for words? Almost but not...
sydneysoa
Apr 9, 20205 min read
Quarantined - Part 9
As one of the travellers from Peru quarantined in a Sydney hotel since March 31 – and due to emerge into the ‘real world’ this coming...
sydneysoa
Apr 8, 20202 min read
Quarantined - Part 8
Feeling rather house proud today (or should I say 'fière de ma chambre'?) ... I've easily been able to carry out my simple laundry and...
sydneysoa
Apr 8, 20205 min read
Quarantined - Part 7
Let me begin today with a joke since they’re scarce these days … A Canadian teacher, a Scottish pilot and a Puerta Rican lawyer walk into...
sydneysoa
Apr 6, 20203 min read
Quarantined - Part 6
One week down – one to go! As if by magic, the question I raised in my last blog about what can be learnt about the specific qualities of...
sydneysoa
Apr 6, 20205 min read
Quarantined Part 5
Wasn’t it superb to have a sunny Sunday to relax? Although I couldn’t get out in that sunshine, I was so pleased to see it – and to see...
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