Category Archives: TEMPUS FUGIT

SOME THINGS NEVER CHANGE

Posted on April 26, 2019 by Carol Bryant

One week into our Down Under adventure and I’m feeling a growing connection to the young woman I was before kids and mortgage and life in the burbs morphed me into a responsible adult.  Odd that I never noticed the … Continue reading →

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SECOND VERSE NOT QUITE THE SAME AS THE FIRST

Posted on April 8, 2019 by Carol Bryant

Thirty five years ago I was single, touring the world with a tall, dark and handsome Aussie.  Zimbabwe…Switzerland…Vanuatu…Egypt… The world beckoned and we made the most of his Qantas flight benefits. We’d close up our flat in Sydney, put the … Continue reading →

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CARPE DIEM

Posted on October 17, 2016 by Carol Bryant

The room is dark.  The technician is polite… professional… distant. “Any history of cancer?” she asks. Cancer? God no. We’re looking for gallstones, right? Find the stones. Remove the stones. Easy peasy. Cancer? Why did she ask that? I lie … Continue reading →

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