Bottoms up! The tea-cup tells all (or not)…
Verandah Magazine’s resident psychic, Liz Winter, practises the ancient art of tasseography or tasseomancy, and finds the tea-leaves enticingly mysterious. Sitting in an open…
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He was a most pantagruelian sort of a fellow…
Verandah Magazine’s Word of the Week this week from AUM PR comes from a character created by Francois Rabelais in his 1534 satirical novel…
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Learning to live with a brain injury
Sue-Ellen Shortiss has just had an anniversary with a mixed blessing, after an accident left her with permanent brain trauma, she writes for Verandah…
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Oh no, uh-oh, it’s that word – ono, onomata – onomatopoeia
At Verandah Magazine we love the sound of onomatopoeia – a word that is derived from the Greek word for name, and phonetically imitates,…
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Keeping it real – life down on The Farm
There’s no doubt about it, The Farm – the latest must-visit place in Byron Shire, is a phenomenon. The multi-faceted food-based business is drawing…
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Don’t rain on their parade – they’re turning 21!
The Lismore Lantern Parade is officially a grown-up. This year it turns 21, and on the night of the Winter Solstice, on Saturday June…
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Money, money, money. Must be funny. In a rich man’s world…
When it comes to our relationship with power and money most of us struggle, writes Verandah Magazine columnist and business mentor Sonia Friedrich, who…
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Winter beauty on the Tablelands
Photographer Alex Clarke and his partner Jasmine have a family tradition for the Queens birthday long weekend. “We love to head out west for…
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Venus Luxuriates in Leo
According to Verandah Magazine’s resident astrology guru, Kim Falconer, Venus, the Goddess of Love, is taking up a five-month sojurn in the sign of…
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The restorers
Johnny and Helene Thompson’s furniture business, Dirty Old Town, takes discarded local timbers and gives them new life, writes Christina Giorgio. I met my…
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