My trick for remembering names is a bit dodgy. Just ask ‘pooork Sarah’

My trick for remembering names is a bit dodgy. Just ask ‘pooork Sarah’

An aide-memoire is all very well – until you make the wrong connection.

  • byAnson Cameron

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Can you smell that? It’s the joy we’ve been waiting a year for
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Spring

Can you smell that? It’s the joy we’ve been waiting a year for

Other seasons have their moments,but only one can carry us back in time.

  • byAnson Cameron
Alone,out there in rough seas,I remember what it means to be alive
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Swimming

Alone,out there in rough seas,I remember what it means to be alive

Ocean swimmers can forget the world for a while.

  • byAnson Cameron
In the days before cameras,these cops kept us safe in their own way

In the days before cameras,these cops kept us safe in their own way

There is something that sets combatants apart from the rest of us.

  • byAnson Cameron
My friend’s big heart gave out. In the end,he still called the shots

My friend’s big heart gave out. In the end,he still called the shots

We’d promised to catch up more often,but it wasn’t to be.

  • byAnson Cameron
I asked AI to write this column. Trust me,I have nothing to fear
Opinion
AI

I asked AI to write this column. Trust me,I have nothing to fear

Satire and emotion were lost on that silicon scribe.

  • byAnson Cameron
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I want what she’s having:One bride’s Mr Darcy makes another woman weep

I want what she’s having:One bride’s Mr Darcy makes another woman weep

The newlyweds’ perfection was painful to watch.

  • byAnson Cameron
Mega-spiders,crocs and a wild bull. Maybe this wasn’t such a good idea

Mega-spiders,crocs and a wild bull. Maybe this wasn’t such a good idea

We were too old to trek into the Kimberley,but we did anyway. And I’d do it again in a heartbeat.

  • byAnson Cameron
Most fathers-in-law would be helping with the shed. I’m not that noble

Most fathers-in-law would be helping with the shed. I’m not that noble

Forget the nail belt,I’m off to drink with the wealthy.

  • byAnson Cameron
Australia’s last reader was on my tram,travelling to another world
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Literature

Australia’s last reader was on my tram,travelling to another world

Surrounded by commuters captured by their phones,this young woman was juggling empires.

  • byAnson Cameron
Sore teeth,unpaid taxes and a possible melanoma. Am I in denial?

Sore teeth,unpaid taxes and a possible melanoma. Am I in denial?

The old Anson has it coming.

  • byAnson Cameron