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    Just Six Weeks Disabled : S - 1 | Labels are not important and yet they are
    Jacqueline Le Sueur
    • Oct 17, 2019
    • 4 min

    Just Six Weeks Disabled : S - 1 | Labels are not important and yet they are

    What a wonderful night. The moon was luminous. It was so still and quiet. Autumn was very present, it’s signature written in the timeless ..
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    Just 6 Weeks Disabled : S - 2 | A dust storm of worry & the Rocking Chair Philosophy
    Jacqueline Le Sueur
    • Oct 16, 2019
    • 3 min

    Just 6 Weeks Disabled : S - 2 | A dust storm of worry & the Rocking Chair Philosophy

    A maelstrom of muddled thoughts running across the plains of my mind. No chance of making any sense of anything. Just a dust storm of worry,
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    Just Six Weeks Disabled : S - 3 | The overwhelming impact on mental health of the loss of choice
    Jacqueline Le Sueur
    • Oct 15, 2019
    • 7 min

    Just Six Weeks Disabled : S - 3 | The overwhelming impact on mental health of the loss of choice

    I was told I needed this surgery 7.5 years ago. Compared to all the other times I’ve been sliced and diced it’s pretty simple really
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    A Cascade of Memories
    Jacqueline Le Sueur
    • Nov 15, 2018
    • 4 min

    A Cascade of Memories

    Written in 2006 Ubud, Bali. Late one Friday evening in July. In the circle of friends sharing laughter, good food and companionship. The ...
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    A Car and A Cat
    Jacqueline Le Sueur
    • Mar 25, 2018
    • 5 min

    A Car and A Cat

    I spent seven years living a very long way from the sea when I was in South Africa. As a girl of the ocean I like to feel the expansiveness
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    advent
    Jacqueline Le Sueur
    • Dec 9, 2017
    • 1 min

    advent

    lightness touched darkness, haunting melodic echoes ...
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    In Amongst The Lavender
    Jacqueline Le Sueur
    • Oct 5, 2017
    • 2 min

    In Amongst The Lavender

    A young man sits at a wicker table in the bright white light of a midsummer's day. A gentle breeze carries on its lips a whisper of the sea
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    The Magic of Smiles
    Jacqueline Le Sueur
    • Jul 17, 2017
    • 1 min

    The Magic of Smiles

    I love this image that I took on a local island in the very far north of the Maldives 25 years ago. These young people are radiating happine
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    A Rather Hairy Business
    Jacqueline Le Sueur
    • Jul 17, 2017
    • 5 min

    A Rather Hairy Business

    Bangkok, Thailand, 1992. Heading into the monsoon season, the Festival of Songkran over for another year. Hot. Very hot.
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    Maldivian Memories
    Jacqueline Le Sueur
    • Jul 17, 2017
    • 3 min

    Maldivian Memories

    A couple of years ago I found a round-robin letter sent to friends when I was living on Vabbinfaru in the Republic of Maldives almost 25 yea
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    Wild July - Singapore 2005
    Jacqueline Le Sueur
    • Mar 31, 2017
    • 4 min

    Wild July - Singapore 2005

    Such a beautiful morning. Still. Barely a breath of wind. So clear. The volcano island is standing proud on the eastern horizon.
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    Belonging
    Jacqueline Le Sueur
    • Oct 25, 2016
    • 2 min

    Belonging

    Take a look at the image above. What do you see? Several pretty pastel-coloured houses.
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    If You Can’t Beat Them, Join Them
    Jacqueline Le Sueur
    • Oct 21, 2016
    • 5 min

    If You Can’t Beat Them, Join Them

    the shrill ringing of my alarm clock competing with the raucous croaking of the frogs in the rice fields, piercing the peacefulness of my de
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    waiting room
    Jacqueline Le Sueur
    • Oct 20, 2016
    • 2 min

    waiting room

    I am in the dentist’s waiting room ... Saturday morning, a gloomy, glimpy, grey day. Opposite me sit a father and daughter,
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    Nowhere to Run, Nowhere to Hide
    Jacqueline Le Sueur
    • Oct 19, 2016
    • 5 min

    Nowhere to Run, Nowhere to Hide

    Bali, June 2006, the island lashed by uncharacteristically wild winds and heavy rains that blanketed the mountains in deep, dark cloud
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    Parchment & Papyrus
    Jacqueline Le Sueur
    • Oct 19, 2016
    • 2 min

    Parchment & Papyrus

    I saw a man on the bus today on the way to an exhibition about ancient Egypt: his skin captivated me.
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    Ancient Ancestral Autopilot
    Jacqueline Le Sueur
    • Aug 28, 2016
    • 4 min

    Ancient Ancestral Autopilot

    Every day in our life dance is important. Some prove to be more significant than others. Memories, lessons etched deeper into ...
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    Of Broom Cupboards & Books
    Jacqueline Le Sueur
    • Feb 13, 2016
    • 3 min

    Of Broom Cupboards & Books

    I wandered into a dark broom-cupboard of a second-hand bookshop in Ubud, Bali a while ago. As I crossed its musty threshold I was ...
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    Under The Cover of Darkness
    Jacqueline Le Sueur
    • Feb 13, 2016
    • 3 min

    Under The Cover of Darkness

    A cool, bright night in the rice fields. Not a whisper of wind rifling the mosquito net that fell in a waterfall of pale cream cloth from ..
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    The Essence of Lightness
    Jacqueline Le Sueur
    • Feb 13, 2016
    • 3 min

    The Essence of Lightness

    Central Bali, gazing out of the window into the inky blackness that blankets the rice fields. A brief moment of darkness...
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