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Written by David Everett A while ago we got a list of the upcoming month’s topics for Alive and this month’s made me figuratively roll my eyes. Ok, it was probable literal too. ’Organic’ to me is a marketing term, a way to create food elitism and guilt people who can’t afford it to buy…

Written by David Everett There are many teachable moments in life and even more learning moments. Big or small, hard or gentle, these moments are all around us. They can come out of the blue, crashing down on you in a moment where everything becomes different. Other times there are lessons that comes upon you…

Written by David Everett Back in 2008 we left the beautiful outback town of Blackall, a place we happily called home for too few years to move to Hervey Bay. Sight unseen, and with no friends or family, but ticked the boxes, we both arbitrarily and deliberately decided upon the move. Now I say “sight…

Written by David Everett To start with I’ll allay everyone’s concerns. With eight days left before we had to vacate (the house we were renting after it was sold) we got a new house and have now settled in there. We need to cull a bundle of stuff as it’s a bit of a downsize…

Written by David Everett It’s ironic that my first column for Alive Magazine was about finding my place in our new rental house, and discovering just what having a shed meant to me as a person. Not as a male, but to me individually. Bugger the traditionalism of a shed being the man’s space, I…

Written by David Everett For all the heroes around us it’s hard to actually match the word with anyone I have known. I have had the pleasure and honour of knowing many good people who have performed selfless, brave and sometimes downright wonderful actions. But heroic, that I’m not really sure about. Certainly I have…

Written by David Everett Health in a time of a pandemic. Somehow despite the word pandemic being so frequently used over the past 12 months I still managed to spell it wrong three times. Maybe there is something in brain health I should be worried about. It’s an interesting subject really and most of it…

Written by David Everett Love or crushes can sometimes make us do some strange things. I’m not talking about putting up with bad behaviour from the other person which could cause harm or be dangerous. That’s a whole other story which I’ll mention at the end. I’m talking about those cringe-worthy ‘Oh my god I…

Written by David Everett A bucket list is not something I have ever entertained. Not that there aren’t things that I want to do, but nothing that is a ‘must do before I die’ sort of affair. There are so many amazing sights, activities, experiences and the like that would be incredible to be part…