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‘My dog has a hoarding problem! Is there anything I can do about it?’

This writer just can't contemplate parting with all her lovely books. Source: Pixabay

‘I’ve faced a real dilemma decluttering around the house’

‘I’ve faced a real dilemma decluttering around the house’

"This is where the wheels come off. I cannot part with any of it!"

Author Kerry Turner at the Mariinsky Theatre St Petersurg. Source: Kerri Turner

Book review: Love and dance in the shadow of the Russian Revolution

Book review: Love and dance in the shadow of the Russian Revolution

Petrograd, Russia, 1914. A country on a knife-edge. This is a love story, two people caught in the middle – with everything to lose.

Jean thought her infection would pass, but it did more damage than she realised. Source: Getty stock image

‘A viral infection robbed me of my hearing’

‘A viral infection robbed me of my hearing’

"The general consensus was that it would fix itself with a few weeks."

Jean was at home when someone broke into her house. Source: Shutterstock

‘I don’t feel safe in my own home since an armed intruder broke in’

‘I don’t feel safe in my own home since an armed intruder broke in’

"The worst part is we no longer feel safe in our own home."

Detail from cover image of Vox, by Christina Dalcher

Imagine a world in which women can speak only 100 words a day

Imagine a world in which women can speak only 100 words a day

There's an electric shock for every woman who breaches her limit

Jean's house has been transformed so that it's almost unrecognisable. Source: Pexels

‘I hate what my home has become, all in the name of safety’

‘I hate what my home has become, all in the name of safety’

After a succession of enthusiastic occupational therapists and various, well meaning medical personnel, our once amazing home is a bare shadow of its once serene self.

Magnificent Blue Gums (Eucalyptus globulus) - image Wikipedia

Book Review: A new life awaits ‘In the Valley of the Blue Gums’

Book Review: A new life awaits ‘In the Valley of the Blue Gums’

Journalist Thea Anderson's adventurous life has been one of endless danger. Even as a child, she and her mother were forced to flee Malaya. Perhaps the time has come to seek peace and stablity.

In wanting to have a streamlined approach to things, it's important to know what information we are sharing. Source: Pixabay

‘I was shocked when I discovered what was in my medical fine print’

‘I was shocked when I discovered what was in my medical fine print’

"On first glance, I thought this would be okay."

On this occasion it was more than just the thought that counted. Photo: Pixabay

The valuable lesson I learnt at Christmas time

The valuable lesson I learnt at Christmas time

Our son and daughter-in-law are very modern people. They rely almost entirely on the digital world...

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