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A revolution begins … Thoughts on Silo season 2

Posted on January 22, 2025January 22, 2025 by aussiemoose

(courtesy IMP Awards) Humanity has always been defined by an exuberant need to LIVE. Not just get by nor survive but to LIVE, to revel in possibility and promise and to explore all the amazing ways we can express our innate curiosity, passion and vivacious fascination with life. But what Continue Reading

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Book review: The Serial Killer’s Guide to San Francisco by Michelle Choiunard

Posted on January 22, 2025January 20, 2025 by aussiemoose

This book was read at Kalimna, Yeranda cottages, near Dungog in early January 2025. Once upon a time, a certain reader devoured all of Agatha Christie’s novels in one roughly year-long go at the suggestion of his book-loving dad who saw the works of the masterful English crime writer as Continue Reading

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