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12 days ago by madeline

By News Online’s Amy Simmons, Thu Jun 25, 2009 Michael Leunig says the tough economic times will plant seeds of change and happiness. (Michael Leunig) // For all the pain and suffering the financial crisis is inflicting, the philosophical among us say there is a plus side – a happier, richer side. A ...

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35 days ago by Jason Goroncy

‘The individual is overwhelmed by the magnitude. We have embraced technology and economic systems that are just unfathomable and massive and all-powerful. I think television is a totally destructive and corrosive medium. People are living lives though television and films and the media rather than t ...

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35 days ago by ausjazz

Michael Leunig at Victoria University This does not qualify as a jazz gig at all, but I’m posting a few thoughts despite the fact that I have some jazz gig posts (for Howard Cairns at Paris Cat, Adam Simmons at 45 Downstairs) to add that should precede this — if I am totally anal about the order of ...

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43 days ago by Jason Goroncy

‘You see a society that’s provided for by television is a society that says it doesn’t need too many parks or natural situations for children to play in because television will look after them. So I think we, we start to construct the shape of our cities and our suburbs is built around this fact tha ...

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45 days ago by Jason Goroncy

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53 days ago by Hanie

Happiness is………….. eating my favourite Baskin Robbin’s vanilla ice cream on a hot day on a secluded beach, nice warm and soft sand open blue sky and inviting water with my two most favourite people in the whole wide world not a care in the world but just living for that moment. Happiness is……… wakin ...

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70 days ago by homepaddock

April is poetry month - I don’t know who decided that, but I read it somewhere on the internet (exactly where I can’t remember). But I read it there so it must be so and because it’s so I’ve posted a poem a day as my contribution to the celebration of what my OED says is the elevated expression of e ...

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72 days ago by Shasta McBride

"Love one another and you will be happy. It's as simple and as difficult as that." - Michael Leunig

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72 days ago by homepaddock

Today’s contribution to poetry month is Michael Leunig’s The Awfulisers from Poems 1972 - 2002, published by Viking. The Awfulisers Every night and every day The awfulisers work away, Awfulising public places, Favourite things and little graces; Awfulising lovely treasures, Common joys and simple pl ...

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90 days ago by Wild About Words

A quote: "Love one another and you will be happy. It's as simple and as difficult as that." ~Michael Leunig A poem: Sonnet 43 - How do I love thee? Let me count the ways by Elizabeth Barrett Browning How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul c ...

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