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Work No words only our breathing - two people in a garage. Workbenched, love-bolted. Quiet flits like wood dust. Rough surfaces catch...
Debbie Lustig
Jun 241 min read
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Keeping the falcons safe
We all love the falcons. We've been watching their every move for nearly 3 months. They fill us with wonder and admiration; they make us...
Debbie Lustig
Nov 18, 20242 min read
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The Problem With The Dogfather
Dog guardians deserve better than this TV show about quick-fix solutions to dog problem behaviours
Debbie Lustig
Sep 12, 20243 min read
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Duck Duck Duck
This year's is the most controversial duck season in living memory
Debbie Lustig
Apr 9, 20243 min read
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Edna becomes a Novice Trick Guinea Pig!
Edna's trick title video: https://youtu.be/PjhCC0v-sJ8 Learning tricks with my guinea pigs was a game-changer. Initially, when I tried to...
Debbie Lustig
Jan 18, 20242 min read
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My Ballet Journey
It’s a Friday and I’m driving along Kings Way. The traffic is heavy but I'm feeling upbeat. Soon I’ll get to Flemington and the ballet...
Debbie Lustig
Dec 2, 20233 min read
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Stopping Dog Daddy
In a video on YouTube (above), a white terrier rears up. On either side of it, two men pull on leashes, the dog taut and trapped between...
Debbie Lustig
Sep 29, 20233 min read
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Fight and Flight (2012)
It's 7.15AM and the sky is beginning to lighten. On a north-central Victorian wetland, the first gunshots explode. It's five minutes...
Debbie Lustig
May 7, 20234 min read
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Feedback Jack & me
Jack and I came from similar backgrounds. We both grew up in Ashkenazi (Eastern European), semi-secular Jewish homes in middle-class Kew....
Debbie Lustig
Apr 8, 20232 min read
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Constructional Affection in a Melbourne shelter
Two months ago, I began volunteering at a large shelter in outer-suburban Melbourne that houses cats, dogs, guinea pigs, rabbits and farm...
Debbie Lustig
Feb 16, 20224 min read
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My life and death hike through busy Melbourne to help a duck march her eight babies to water
Opinion piece published by The Guardian during its two-week promotion of birds and birdwatching for the Birdlife Australia "Aussie...
Debbie Lustig
Jan 19, 20221 min read
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I rescued a stranded peregrine falcon. Here's how
The birds hatched on a ledge atop a Melbourne office block. When one of them needed to be saved, the job fell to me In Melbourne we’re...
Debbie Lustig
May 6, 20215 min read
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Timmy 17.4.04 - 9.9.20
Even in the midst of her dementia, Timmy was bonded to me
Debbie Lustig
Sep 12, 20203 min read
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The violin and me: a tug of war
This piece - about my complicated relationship with a difficult instrument - was first published 12 years ago. Today, I still wouldn't...
Debbie Lustig
Jun 27, 20203 min read
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Fully fledged drama: Love, death and sibling rivalry high above Collins Street
Of all the guilty pleasures on the internet, few are as absorbing as the one being broadcast from Melbourne’s CBD. There’s love, death,...
Debbie Lustig
Jun 5, 20203 min read
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