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‘Entry 19th May 1962 Bailed 23rd July 2019’ was how Jo signed off.

‘Haha, emergency exit and I’ve left the cancer in a body that is now dead. I win!’ was how my … More

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cancer, death, friendship, grief, life, loss, Personal

Never Give Up Someone Once Told Me.

OMGolly Gosh. Was strolling through the Sigma D-Photo Amateur Photographer of the Year 2019’s ‘Our Picks’ to see one of … More

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Jo Bryant, landscape photography, life, life lessons, New Zealand, Personal, personal growth, photography

Words

Words tantalize me. I disappeared into them as a child, on journeys that would otherwise have been withheld from me. … More

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Jo Bryant, life, Personal, thoughts, words, writing

Black Like Me

  It was the summer I turned fourteen that I wandered into a dusty book shop in Maroubra. The shop … More

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Black Like me, book review, books, Jo Bryant, John Howard Griffin, life, non-fiction, people, Personal, racial prejudice, racial prejudice in America, racial prejudice in the 1950's

There are four in the bed…

I like to keep up with the headlines. Even the ridiculous ones. An American paper had what I consider a … More

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funny stuff, life, Personal, Personal life, pets, sleeping with pets, thoughts

The mysterious hero…

I’m a hero kind of girl. Some like the bad boys – I can see the attraction. Me though, I … More

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Brandon Routh, Christopher Reeve, Dean Cain, George Reeves, guys in tights, Henry Cavill, hero worship, Personal, Super Heroes, Superman, Tom Welling

Back to School

I surprise myself at times. This time is one of them. I have gone back to university to do a … More

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Personal, photography, study, tattoo, university

Two-Headed Coin

You said you’d love me, till I lay cold in a box of walnut with silver handles; now I turn … More

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life, love, Personal, poem, poems, poetry, writing

Saturday’s Child

Monday’s child is fair of face, Tuesday’s child is full of grace, Wednesday’s child is full of woe, Thursday’s child … More

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16/08/1958, 16th August, 16th August facts, celebrities, Elvis Presley, facts, Interesting Facts, Jo Bryant, life, Personal, Saturday's Child

The Graveyard

It’s early. Twenty folk of various ages and nationalities, one broken orange Bedford truck and trailer, a cattle track, and … More

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africa, Jo Bryant, memoir, Personal, travel, travel writing, writing

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