http://www.orble.com/real-tales/ Real Tales en Sun, 18 May 2008 08:25:00 GMT Sun, 18 May 2008 08:25:00 GMT info@orble.com info@orble.com http://www.orble.com/gorgeous-lesson-from-a-4year-old/ I saw something important about human psychology yesterday while trying to handle my 4-year old niece's dramatic and tear-filled outburst about not being able to have another turn playing games... http://www.orble.com/gorgeous-lesson-from-a-4year-old/#comments http://www.orble.com/gorgeous-lesson-from-a-4year-old/ Sun, 18 May 2008 08:25:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/men-who-dont-buy-drinks/ Am I old fashioned? Am I totally out of sync with modern day man/woman rituals? Am I expecting too much when I assume that a man should offer to buy... http://www.orble.com/men-who-dont-buy-drinks/#comments http://www.orble.com/men-who-dont-buy-drinks/ Mon, 05 May 2008 09:00:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/smiley-butchers/ I like going to the local butcher. It's a more pleasing experience to have the butcher pack and weigh your meat in front of you compared to picking your cuts... http://www.orble.com/smiley-butchers/#comments http://www.orble.com/smiley-butchers/ Tue, 26 Feb 2008 01:11:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/staring-at-people/ One of my pet habits is staring at people on trains - taking note of the details of their face, especially - and then liking or disliking them purely for... http://www.orble.com/staring-at-people/#comments http://www.orble.com/staring-at-people/ Tue, 19 Feb 2008 03:19:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/romance-and-sale-flights/ Drawing comparisons is what writers do. I have an odd one to talk about right now. I am on the hunt for the cheapest return flight possible for Sydney to... http://www.orble.com/romance-and-sale-flights/#comments http://www.orble.com/romance-and-sale-flights/ Sat, 26 Jan 2008 03:24:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/25-are-kind-75-are-oblivious-to-others-needs/ Travelling on a Sydney train often gives me something to write about. Sometimes it's because I find a person's facial features intriguing to the point where I feel they reveal... http://www.orble.com/25-are-kind-75-are-oblivious-to-others-needs/#comments http://www.orble.com/25-are-kind-75-are-oblivious-to-others-needs/ Fri, 25 Jan 2008 01:40:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/fantastic-new-years-message/ My sister sent me a text message on New Year's Eve that is simple yet very powerful. She wrote it herself too which made it doubly nice. It made me... http://www.orble.com/fantastic-new-years-message/#comments http://www.orble.com/fantastic-new-years-message/ Mon, 14 Jan 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/a-mother-for-always/ My beautiful Mum, Sonia, passed away at 5.50am on Friday 7 September 2007. These are the words I spoke at the church service. There are not enough words, music or... http://www.orble.com/a-mother-for-always/#comments http://www.orble.com/a-mother-for-always/ Fri, 04 Jan 2008 02:39:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/the-effects-of-anger/ I do not get angry often. I actually rarely get angry but in this trying time of losing my Mum, all my nerves and emotions are raw. I feel like... http://www.orble.com/the-effects-of-anger/#comments http://www.orble.com/the-effects-of-anger/ Sun, 09 Dec 2007 22:26:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/i-would-rather-be-a-poem/ Do some women lead their lives as "polite fiction"? In one of the most beautifully crafted books I read this year, To Kill a Mockingbird, one of the characters coins... http://www.orble.com/i-would-rather-be-a-poem/#comments http://www.orble.com/i-would-rather-be-a-poem/ Thu, 06 Dec 2007 03:37:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/a-young-95/ Our grandparents are treasures. I would love to have mine around or at least one of them. I see how much they mean to kids as well. My nephew misses... http://www.orble.com/a-young-95/#comments http://www.orble.com/a-young-95/ Tue, 27 Nov 2007 01:33:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/philosophy-games/ I love going over to Sandy and Kevin's place for a motor mouth quest into the unknown realms of our passions and pains. I've known Sandy since high school and... http://www.orble.com/philosophy-games/#comments http://www.orble.com/philosophy-games/ Wed, 21 Nov 2007 09:13:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/queens-and-kings-of-our-lives/ Isn't that what we are - queens and kings of our lives? We reign over the choices we make. We decide who we make friends with and who we push... http://www.orble.com/queens-and-kings-of-our-lives/#comments http://www.orble.com/queens-and-kings-of-our-lives/ Thu, 15 Nov 2007 01:58:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/dancing-in-my-bedroom/ I still dance in my bedroom... Laugh, sneer, jeer at me. I don't care. Dancing in my bedroom makes me feel like a child - free, imaginative, without bounds. And... http://www.orble.com/dancing-in-my-bedroom/#comments http://www.orble.com/dancing-in-my-bedroom/ Sat, 10 Nov 2007 01:50:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/my-rise-to-fame-in-high-school/ I have learned a few key lessons in life. Just a few. If I had learned more, I am sure I would be much wiser than I am! However, these... http://www.orble.com/my-rise-to-fame-in-high-school/#comments http://www.orble.com/my-rise-to-fame-in-high-school/ Thu, 08 Nov 2007 01:45:00 GMT