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18,000 Empty Planes

18,000 Empty Planes

January 14, 2022
by Mardi Wilson
Editorial

I woke up early this morning to turn my pre-ferment into dough so it could rise and I could bake it. I made the pre-ferment…

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Down at the Burning Ghats

Down at the Burning Ghats

March 29, 2017
by Mardi Wilson
India Yarns, Yarns

The holy river was choked with garbage. Mounds of single-use cups and plastic bags swam alongside shimmering gold fabric and clumps of human hair. On…

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Dealing With Double Standards in Aceh

Dealing With Double Standards in Aceh

January 10, 2017
by Mardi Wilson
Features

Surfers bobbed over the reef break a hundred metres from the shoreline and a bay-like lagoon shimmered in between. The ocean was a welcome respite…

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Reclaiming my Youth

Reclaiming my Youth

May 23, 2016
by Mardi Wilson
Yarns

You know that feeling when you suddenly realise you’re doing a PhD and nearly everyone you know is pregnant? Yeah, me too. In my early…

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The Travel Blues

The Travel Blues

September 16, 2015
by Mardi Wilson
Features

Travelling has overtaken hobbies like stamp collecting and scrapbooking to become the primary pastime of youth in the western world. We are constantly bombarded with…

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Free Bed: Strings Attached

Free Bed: Strings Attached

June 1, 2015
by Mardi Wilson
Yarns

I was couch surfing in California, and had been with one particularly generous host just south of LA for almost a week. Careful not to…

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With a Side of Mushies Please - Part II

With a Side of Mushies Please – Part II

April 13, 2015
by Mardi Wilson
Yarns

Continued from Part I. After the weather foiled yesterday’s plans, we decided to delay our departure from Palenque for a second attempt. Gathered like a…

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With a Side of Mushies, Please - Part I

With a Side of Mushies, Please – Part I

March 16, 2015
by Mardi Wilson
Mexico Yarns, Yarns

It was my birthday, and I was in Mexico. My new travel-best-friend Cat and I had decided that this was worthy of a trip into…

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Don't Let the Bedbugs Bite

Don’t Let the Bedbugs Bite

January 7, 2015
by Mardi Wilson
Yarns

My thighs rubbed together as sweat seeped from every pore. The Mexican heat was overwhelming after a month of Californian springtime – which, I will…

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