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Black mornings made beautiful

Life can be tough. I wake up some mornings to find that there is literally nothing to smile about. The kind of mornings when the alarm goes off but only the birds hear it, meaning that the day is off to a late start even before you realise that the power is out.

No electricity means that you have to boil water, which will set you back maybe another 10, 20 minutes. When you get to the stove, you find that you are out of gas. You call the gas guy and he says he’s in the CBD. It will take him 20, maybe 30 minutes to deliver.

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