…A belief in luck is the song of the gambler and it was sung loudly in our house: when a lottery ticket arrived with a birthday card from our grandfather; as we played cards around the kitchen table for a chocolate prize; when my mother rubbed her opal for luck; as the chocolate wheel spun at the school fete. They were reminders to hope and dream…
This article by Colleen O’Sullivan appeared in the Mudgee Guardian in July 2012. It was the first in a new series by local historians. It is a chapter about Colleen’s family’s racing background, from a book Once a Day Day, published that year. (See Publications)
The featured image is the cover of Once a Day Dawn.
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You_ve Got to be in it to Win it
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Four things about me. I like reading, writing, researching and living in the country. In particular I like living at Kandos, where we have been for more than a decade. I have deep roots in this part of the country. My mother spent her early life in Kandos. My father was born at Rylstone. My grandparents were pioneers of Kandos and Rylstone. And I was born at Lue - and went to school in Mudgee. The history of this area excites me and I would like to share it with you.
My monthly blogs are posted on the 1st of each month. However I intend taking a six-month furlough from blogging to continue a project that has been sitting on the shelves for too long. Also, after 71 posts and 59 articles I feel a bit stale. I posted my first blog in May 2017.
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Colleen
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