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Supporting an over-worked partner

My boyfriend, undertaking his intern year as a doctor, has spent the last four weeks or so on a particularly gruelling and unforgiving rotation.

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The best vego food in Adelaide

Garden flowers

If you are searching for a sustainable, healthy, and delicious caf茅 than look no further than the Foodprint Experience Caf茅 at the Joinery.

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On dissents and rest, and the notorious RBG

Dissenting rose

I鈥檝e always looked up to Ruth Bader Ginsburg. So much of the doctoral research I am conducting is fuelled by the trails she has blazed. To me she is a beacon of hope, and so I was particularly saddened by her passing in September. Like many others, I was getting increasingly worried about her health over the past several months. Hospitalisation was becoming more frequent. What would we do without her, without her voice, without her toughness, without her bravery, without her dissents?听

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Adelaide Farmer's Markets

One of the benefits of living in Wayville is (beyond being super close to the city), the proximity to the weekly Adelaide Farmer鈥檚 Markets, held every Sunday morning at the Adelaide Showgrounds.

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Review: Gone Girl

This might sound counter-intuitive to any readers who have actually watched the film, but I find David Fincher鈥檚 2014 psychological thriller Gone Girl oddly soothing to watch.

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What music does to our brain

Neon musical instruments

Music can have a powerful impact on us. It can affect our brain and soul in ways we sometimes can鈥檛 explain. Some of us might find ourselves tearing up to a particular song that might remind us of something or someone or bring a smile to our face with the particular feeling that summer brings, a night out, or recollections of that amazing concert. Music brings back memories. But it can also have significant cognitive effects on us.

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The organiser

It can be tough to find yourself as the 鈥榦rganiser鈥 for events and activities.

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Getting even older

Someone asked me if they were allowed to come into the tutorial room. I shrugged and said, 鈥渂eats me鈥. They looked surprised, and said 鈥淥h, so you鈥檙e not鈥︹ I smiled at them and shook my head. I鈥檝e never been mistaken for a tutor before, it was a pretty weird experience. It made me realise I鈥檓 not as young as I used to be.

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Sleeping troubles

I have recently really been struggling with getting some shut eye and it's starting to wear me down.

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'Christodora' and the New York novel canon

颁丑谤颈蝉迟辞诲辞谤补,听Tim Murphy's 2016 debut novel,is听the latest in听the听'New York novel'听canon: it听deals with听addiction, trauma, family听relationships,听LGBTQI+听identity, and the search for connection in a world that seeks to divide.听

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