If music (and mantras) be the food of love, play on
Sacred music, musical mantras, ecstatic chanting – welcome to the world of Deva Premal and Miten. “As you listen to the music of Deva…
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The Princess and the Flour
Keeping a teenage girl’s room tidy is no easy task, writes Candida Baker, of her constant battle to minimize the contents of her daughter’s…
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The tale of Johnny Town Mice
Which is best? City life or country life? Candida Baker likes to have a foot, or in her case, a hoof, in each camp……
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Deaths in Paradise
Although the local Byron community was shocked to its core by the fatal shark attack at Clarke’s Beach recently, it has not been the…
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Harvesting at Southbank
It’s a peculiar sensation to walk through an art exhibition one week, and be part of the same exhibition the following week. But…
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It’s that time again, again…
It’s the last day of term, and I’m absolutely determined that this time, homework is not I repeat, not going to be left until…
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Canberra in the cold is cool
It’s not an obvious thing to do, leave the winter sunshine of Byron Bay for a holiday in chilly Canberra, writes Candida Baker, but…
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Magpie Meditation
The stranger in our midst “And Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle The magpies said” – Dennis Glover For the six years we’ve lived at…
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