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Drewett & Maguire
You may have seen that Brad Drewett has recently been diagnosed with MND. Drewett was a leading professional tennis player in the 1980s, and until his resignation a few days ago was CEO of the...
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Through the Roof 18 January 2013
The gospel reading at today’s Mass is the story of the healing of the paralysed man, whose friends stripped tiles off the roof in order to lower him before Jesus. You can probably see ways in which...
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Mercy Place 26 January 2013
Mercy Place streetscape I am now in Mercy Place Parkville for two weeks of respite (at least that is the theory). So far so good. Mercy Place is a quite new building, and very well designed, with...
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My most recent post seems to have gone off to its own corner of cyberspace. But you can find it, I hope, by going to the January 2013 archive – the link is on the right of your screen. I hope that this...
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A quiet read 5 February 2013
Actually I picture him as more ravaged by the grog and the smokes Being in respite care has given me the opportunity to do quite a bit of reading: there are more than enough hours in the day in which...
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Yesterday I saw the neurologist. The good news is that she judged that the MND is progressing “very slowly”. But it is progressing. Testing of upper body strength revealed a weakness in my right arm....
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Haberdashery 15 February 2013
In an obituary of Fr Tom O’Donovan published this week in Fairfax newspapers, Gerard Windsor notes that Tom’s father worked in haberdashery in a Melbourne department. This caught my eye because I had...
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Hoist on my own petard? 4 March 2013
Travellers’ Aid at Flinders Street A great recent discovery has been Travellers’ Aid at Flinders Street and Southern Cross stations. As I have written before, one of my most serious anxieties has been...
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Updating Haberdashery . . . and more 27 March 2013
My sister Barbara kindly sent me a photo from the St Ambrose School ball from about 1950 (as referred to in the Haberdashery post). Barbara Wallington and myself form the handsome couple. I have been a...
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From the Age 12 April 2013
On Thursday of last week I had an opinion piece published in the Age. It was written in part as a response to an article published two days earlier about a woman who had chosen to take her own life at...
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More on that article 19 April 2013
I continue to be amazed at the reaction to my Age article. Emails and phone calls keep coming. When I meet people, they comment on it. And the reaction has been 100% positive, much of it...
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MND Awareness 11 May 2013
This past week has been Motor Neurone Disease Awareness Week. I have participated in two of the week’s activities. Brad Turner On Tuesday I attended series of talks and demonstrations at the Brain...
View ArticleRamping up access 17 May 2013
Last night I went out for a meal with a friend. I had heard good reports of a restaurant (which will remain nameless) in Richmond . I rang beforehand to see if they had wheelchair access, and was happy...
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Getting smart with buses 26 May 2013
When I have arrived in a new city in which I am going to spend some time, one of the first things I have done is to learn how to use the public transport system. Not merely to learn the routes of the...
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East Melbourne via Bethlehem 28 July 2013
It has been a long time between bloggings. Accounted for in large part by my energy being otherwise occupied. First by a few very busy last few weeks as acting Dean of the UFT. Then by getting myself...
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Calligraphy and Memory 7 August 2013
I have begun a little decoration of my room at Mercy Place. Already a fine scroll is in place on the wall. It was given to me by the Korean Jesuits when I spoke to them in 1996 about the 34th General...
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Fifty days on 9 September 2013
I have now been at Mercy Place for seven weeks, and have settled quite well into the “lifestyle” here. I am especially grateful for the ceiling hoist and the staff who operate it. It makes life so much...
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Four Cheers for the Pope 23 September 2013
If you have not read the interview with Pope Francis in La Civiltå Cattolica, please do so forthwith! You can find it in English translation at www.americamagazine.org/pope-interview. Quite simply, it...
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An Insider’s Story 29 September 2013
In an article on “The Canonical Doctrine of Reception” the American canonist James Coriden names six scholars whom he considers responsible for rediscovering the idea of reception in the 1970s. One of...
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Ex occidente lux 3 November 2013
This year, as never before, I have been watching carefully the lengthening of the evenings. Now sunset is at 7.56 and “last light” not until 8.24. This makes my going out in the evening so much easier....
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