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    Thanks for the Facebook memories, not

    ‘Facebook memories’ let me know that my mother, Joy, died 18 months ago this last week. Thanks Facebook. Now there’s an anniversary I wasn’t planningContinue Reading

    Rachael Oakes-Ash
    • Elephant Tales
    • Loss
    • Love
    • Prose

    Looking for joy in the bottom of a peanut butter jar

    I am supposed to be writing a book but instead I am writing a blog, but they both start with a ‘b’ so I considerContinue Reading

    Rachael Oakes-Ash
    • Elephant Tales
    • Prose
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    That time I pulled an all nighter at Telluride Blues & Brews Festival

    The box canyon of Telluride in Colorado was surely made by unicorns who clicked their golden hooved heels and created a natural amphitheatre straight fromContinue Reading

    Rachael Oakes-Ash
    • Connection
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    I have slept with all kinds of crazy, no word of a lie

    By the time most of us hit at least mid thirties it’s pretty safe to say we’re no longer virgins. I’ve had my fair shareContinue Reading

    Rachael Oakes-Ash
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    • Elephant Tales
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    • Prose
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    I wasn’t expecting to fall in love but it happened

    I didn’t expect to fall in love while in Vail, Colorado but I did.  My dead mother sent me to Vail and while I nowContinue Reading

    Rachael Oakes-Ash
    • Connection
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    That time I got lost in a boat on a lake in Colorado

    Since arriving in Colorado a month ago I have been desperate to hike to a lake, a stunning crystal clear mountain lake. I had picturedContinue Reading

    Rachael Oakes-Ash
    • Connection
    • Elephant Tales
    • Love
    • Prose

    Sex, love and open hearts – being human

    I used to think that saying you wanted to be loved was weak, that saying you crave to be touched by someone who cherishes yourContinue Reading

    Rachael Oakes-Ash
    • Connection
    • Elephant Tales
    • Love
    • Prose

    Help, there’s a child stuck inside me and she wants to get out

    I have a child. Apparently her name is Sylvia. I know this because I was introduced to her at The Golden Door health retreat in AustraliaContinue Reading

    Rachael Oakes-Ash
    • Connection
    • Elephant Tales
    • Prose

    When your zipcode is your heart, the home within

    There’s nothing better than arriving home after a long day, time abroad, illness and the like. But what if you don’t have a home? IContinue Reading

    Rachael Oakes-Ash
    • Connection
    • Elephant Tales
    • Friendship
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    This is not my last goodbye, not by a long shot

    Goodbye has never been a word I have embraced. I play Houdini at parties, simply disappearing by doing a runner out the door when noContinue Reading

    Rachael Oakes-Ash
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