tags: well-being

George

Guest Contributor//Holly Rankin Growing up I always wondered how people could pick a favorite Beatle. Like picking a favourite child or pet, or even a favourite season, it didn’t seem right – each Beatle played an equal part in my Beatlemation, blending together like a perfectly synchronised string section or rainbow ice-cream. Though after watching Martin Scorceses George Harrison biopic ‘Living in the Material World’, I think it is safe to say... 

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Mother of Purl: Elizabeth Zimmerman

Guest Contributor RM// Have you ever thought knitting was too hard? Did you have a little go and got into a terrible tangled mess? For words of inspiration from a delightfully old fashioned lady I introduce you to Elizabeth Zimmerman. On hearing the remark, ‘I’ve always wanted to knit but I just can’t,’ she replies rather sternly, ‘Pish, my good woman, you can plan meals can’t you? You can put your hair up? You can type?... 

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Yoga and the Beast

I have practised Yoga for years but it wasn’t until I recently became interested in the meanings of the ancient Sanskrit mantras, that are often chanted during practise, that I really began to discover the true essence of Yoga. From what I’ve read and been told, it seems it all began around 4000 years ago, probably even earlier, in India. One main component was a collection of what today we might call ‘quotes’, or one-liner’s,... 

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Half Asleep = Wide Awake?

Chanting Om’s – bicycle rides – sunshine showers – yoga stretches – half-conscious smiles at house-mates – fresh mint tea in your lingerie… I just noticed tonight when I was sitting in lotus position on my matt that these sub-conscious activities I do might be a bit odd to other people…!!!! And it got me thinking about what my house-mate was doing next door… Not in a perverted way – pure curiosity. So I’m going to ask her... 

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Raspberry Rhyme

Here is a little sumthin’ to fang out for X-mas maybe? My dear friend Erin whipped these up and kindly shared the recipe with us! Cupcake 250g butter 250g sugar 250g almond meal 4 eggs 75g flour Icing 100g raspberries 100g icing sugar 100g butter (room temperature) Cupcake Cream together butter and sugar. Add eggs one at a time. Fold in the flour and almond meal. Spoon into patty cases. Cook for 15-20mins in a moderate oven. Allow to cool before icing. Icing Puree... 

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Journey through the undergrowth

After enjoying the Suburban Wilderness on Saturday, we headed to the real wilderness yesterday to see it for ourselves. We went to the Mackenzie’s Flat side (Bachhus Marsh end) of Lederberg State Forest, and trekked through the undergrowth. It was really well sign-posted but we felt incredibly at the mercy of the bush as the trails were small and rocky and steep! Bush treasure: Driving home we forgot to take the right exit and ended up going way over... 

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