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emfarrelly@brokencreek.org
Dr Elizabeth Farrelly is a Sydney-based columnist and author.

Category: Musings

FIRES CLOSE TO HOME

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Opinion My children were threatened and I just wanted them out December 7, 2019 – https://www.smh.com.au/national/my-children-were-threatened-and-i-just-wanted-them-out-20191205-p53h3m.html   So, it’s Advent, the start of Christmas. A single candle is lit. Sydney, though, feels strange, invaded by smoke, brown as billy tea. The air is grey, the sun

IS THERE SUCH A THING AS THE GOOD FUNERAL?

IS THERE SUCH A THING AS THE GOOD FUNERAL?

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Opinion Most modern funerals make you feel worse, but my sister’s was different November 8, 2019 – https://www.smh.com.au/national/most-modern-funerals-make-you-feel-worse-but-my-sister-s-was-different-20191107-p538hm.html   The sun shone bright and hot. In the branches of a nearby tree fern a tui danced, hopping and flicking as if to supervise the mourners