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Life Beyond The GardenSara On CancerThe Absurdities of Modern Life

A Followup to the Silence of the Dying entry.

Sara, 7 June, 2010

Wow. I wrote the Silence of the Dying blog, got a great weight off my chest, and then walked off and forgot about it. Since then everything has snow-balled and I …

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The Silence of the Dying

Sara, 22 May, 2010

Many years ago I did an hour long interview on Adelaide radio (with Jeremy Cordeaux, I think, but my memory may be wrong). The interview was supposed to promote one …

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News & Current AffairsThe Absurdities of Modern Life

Environmentalism V. Self-Justification??

Sara, 7 September, 2009

I read this interesting article today: My Battle to Cut Carbon: a battling, frustrating path to a more honest life. Both the article, and the many comments which follow it, …

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The Absurdities of Modern Life

How close do you think you are to starving to death?

Sara, 26 July, 2009

I bet most people laugh at the thought, safe in the knowledge that they are totally insulated from ever starving to death.  In reality, most of us in the western …

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The Absurdities of Modern Life

The Great Bottled Water Debacle

Sara, 15 July, 2009

I went out for my early morning walk this morning (complete darkness, utter lack of street lighting, always an adventure) and after about five minutes it began to drizzle, then …

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Why all this gardening, and preserving, and mumbo-jumbo about self-sufficiency?

Sara, 13 July, 2009

I suppose this is going to be an article about what I intend for this site, and a little insight into me. The origins of this site, and of where …

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Supermarkets – a small denunciation

Sara, 5 July, 2009

I put up my preserving page today, and in it I allude (ha!) to my dislike of supermarkets. Because I can remember a world before supermarkets, I know what kind of effect they have …

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