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Surviving in the Grey Zone

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on November 21, 2024

Ukraine’s most famous novelist, Andrey Kurkov, has given us Grey Bees, a story that highlights…

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An Exploration of Grief on Frick Island

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on October 24, 2024October 24, 2024

Colleen Oakley’s novel, The Invisible Husband of Frick Island, is a work of contemporary fiction.…

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On the Brink of Everything

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on July 19, 2024

Parker J Palmer was born in Chicago on February 28, 1939, and grew up in…

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The Covenant of Water

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on June 27, 2024

Spanning the years 1900 to 1977, The Covenant of Water, by acclaimed author, Abraham Verghese, is…

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Reading Has a Lot in Common with Gardening

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on November 16, 2023January 31, 2025

My love of reading and gardening came through observing my parents go about their lives,…

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Keeper of the Light

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on November 24, 2020

John Cook was a lighthouse keeper for 26 years, joining the Australian Lighthouse Service in…

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How Gardening Improves Our Mental Health

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on September 4, 2020September 5, 2020

Beatrix Potter’s Gardening Life, a book by Marta McDowel, explores the plants and places that…

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How To Overcome COVID-19 Fatigue

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on July 13, 2020July 13, 2020

A recent spike in COVID-19 cases in Melbourne, Victoria has prompted the state government to…

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What the Amish Might Say to Us During the Coronavirus Crisis

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on March 31, 2020

On a recent trip to Tasmania we visited the Springfield Tea Rooms near Scottsdale. The…

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4 Fundamental Lessons For Living

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on May 11, 2017August 17, 2019

The Scottish-born naturalist, John Muir wrote, “When one tugs at a single thing in nature,…

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Bruce Rickard

Bruce Rickard

Reflections on Suicide and Staying Alive: My son's suicide changed everything. I felt an obligation to understand why anyone would want to end their life. My regular blog posts explore the causes and prevalence of suicide and what is needed to sustain a healthy mind and a hope-filled future.

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