Excerpt from my journal:9th December 1989 It is 5.00 in the morning and I can’t sleep. I should be grabbing what sleep I can because I’m going to need all…
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My Cinderella Vellies!
I have been given this magical brace which I wear below my right knee to help control my spasticity. After my fall, I didn’t wear shoes for a while. Then…
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Spring has Sprung!
‘Spring iz sprung, da grass iz riz, I wonder where dem boidies iz? Da little boids is on da wing. Ain’t dat absoid? Da little wings iz on da boid.’…
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30 Years!
Thirty years since I had my 18 metre fall from the State Theatre stage during a performance of Camelot. When I left the hospital, the specialist advised my parents to…
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Bracefully Gliding!
As a child, I was able to buy two Chappies bubble gum for one cent! I remember walking into our sweet shop, with my birthday money clutched in my hand.…
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Lucy G & I!
I adore coffee! I was sitting in my favourite coffee shop, Ground Control in George drinking a superb cafe latte, and talking to two incredibly interesting women, Di and Tegan…
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Dot, Dot, Dot – Dash, Dash, Dash!
Code: a system of words, letters, figures, or symbols used to represent others, especially for the purposes of secrecy. It is strange how codes have played a part throughout my…
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The Rearing Cobra & Me!
I am on my second round of Botox injections! No, I don’t now have full, rounded Julia Roberts-like luscious lips. There are actually no changes to my face. I am…
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Scream!
Recently I received the following letter: Dear Gaynor I am a friend of the director, Janice Honeyman and Denise Goldin. I am a professional actress, born in Cape Town but…
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Blips!
Since my accident and resulting brain damage, there are certain Blips! that occur in my life. I was staying with my sister, Liz. Every afternoon I go for my afternoon…
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