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Writing

Boat or Bust

The heatwave has abated, our children are in school, my husband flies back to Pakistan on the weekend and we...

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• February 19, 2025
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Writing

Westerfolds Park

After planning our move from Karachi, Pakistan to Melbourne, Australia for more than a year, we arrive on Thursday, January...

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• January 18, 2025
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Soul

Soul

I was raised in a Christian family by very devout parents. My father was a minister while my mother, a...

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• December 21, 2024
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Writing

Zizi Amyn Rafiq January 27, 2009 to September 4, 2024.

Our cat Zizi left us yesterday, and it was so hard to say goodbye. For weeks we have known that...

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• December 21, 2024
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Body

Body

I was born into a Seventh-day Adventist family who regarded health and holiness as the twin goals of existence. It...

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• December 21, 2024
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Art

A Gift From The Melbourne Botanicals..

Oil On canvas. 24 by 30 inches. Driving into the center of Melbourne, I am dazzled by the clouds, the...

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• December 21, 2024
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Art

Future Tense.

Oil and enamel on canvas. 48 by 72 inches. The house is in chaos, and so is my mind. After...

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• December 21, 2024
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Art

Change Unchanging. Oil On canvas. 50 by 50 inches.

An old, unfinished canvas gets updated with a brand-new look. Over two days, I layer cadmium, scarlet, crimson, magenta and...

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• December 21, 2024
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