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Tag: Survival

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The Perils of War

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on July 28, 2025

What it takes to survive: Writers of historical fiction engage in prolonged and rigorous research…

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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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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 Unfinished Life

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on April 30, 2024May 2, 2024

We recently visited ‘The Wall’ in the central highlands of Tasmania. The location of The…

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Most Popular Blog Posts and Downloads in 2023

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on January 13, 2024

Most Popular Blog Posts: 1. A Man Called Ove 2. To Learn To Read Is…

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Five Questions That Relate to the Meaning of Life

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on October 14, 2023

Patti Callahan’s captivating story, ‘Once Upon a Wardrobe’ is an exploration of death and dying…

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Written in the Sand

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on December 6, 2022January 31, 2025

Published in 2011, I Let You Go is Clare Mackintosh’s debut novel. It is a…

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Maintaining Our Passion For Trees

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on April 30, 2022

Despite living in an environment where trees are plentiful, we may not give them the…

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The Salt Path

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on March 31, 2022May 27, 2025

Exploring the transformative effects of walking Any loss can deflate but a catastrophic loss can…

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Keeping the Faith When All the Birds Have Flown Away

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on June 24, 2021

Birds are regular visitors to our front garden. This morning, there were six Red-rumped Parrots…

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    November 16, 2023
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    December 6, 2022
  • The Sunset Limited: A Conversation Between Two Strangers About the Meaning of Life

    August 25, 2021
  • Nick Cave and the Tragic Loss of His Son

    April 17, 2023

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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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