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Thoughts on a Friend's Suicide
In Memory of Bruce Chadwick, who left too soon
Published on The Second Swim • Oct 22
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Welcome to Anzac Day
Celebrating Australia's past—but which one?
Sep 27 • 
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Townsville, Queen of the Sea
Sep 27 • 
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On Sleeping with Younger Men
Jun 1, 2022 • Iona Italia
How Stoicism Eased my Severe Depression
Mar 22, 2023 • Iona Italia
The Women of 7 October
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On Casual Anti-White Racism
Jun 8, 2023 • Iona Italia
Falling Out of Love
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Knots Gather at the Comb
Jun 22, 2022 • Iona Italia
The Map Is Not the Territory
Looking for love in Australia's capital
Sep 27 • 
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13:15
The Idiot King
On the vagaries of desire
Sep 27 • 
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Tangled Up in Blue
The Sea at Gerroa, Gerringong and Currarong
Sep 27 • 
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17:08
On Laughter and Forgetting
Sep 27 • 
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11:53
Mount Stupid: Views from the Top
The role of Dunning Kruger in my own life
Sep 27 • 
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15:46
Love on the High Range
Glimpses of a beautiful life
Sep 27 • 
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9:24
Dark Energy
On the forces that tear us apart
Sep 27 • 
Iona Italia
8:53
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The Second Swim
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