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WHAT’SONYOURMIND,
FRANKIEPALS?[email protected]Dearlovely frankie people, I’m probably not in your usual
demographic, being a 66-year-old gramma, but I fell in love with
frankie when I discovered it at my local library. Because I live a busy
lifebut have to read every single page, I kept getting “please return
NOW!”reminders from the library. So, I’ve taken out a subscription
sonobody can take you away from me! Thank you for the recipe
bookin issue 90. I intend to make caulifl ower soup today. DeborahDearfrankie, Ten years ago, the 12-year-old version of me
wandered into a newsagency and spotted your pretty cover. Once
mymum decided your pages were appropriate, I paid at the
counter, and off we went to start a journey much longer than either
ofusprobably anticipated. A lot has changed in 10 years, but one
thinghas remained the same: the latest frankie always sits on my
bedside table, ready to be enjoyed while curled up with a cuppa.
Thanks for being ever-present, even when the rest of the world
haswhirled too fast around me. Toni xx...................
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Heyfrankie, Among all the other lovely things in issue 90, I was really
pleased to see your eco directory and the mentions of sustainability
woventhrough your pages. As our governments seem quite happy to
stallindefi nitely (or straight-up stick their heads
inthesand) about climate change, it’s clear we’ll
haveto be the ones making things better through
ourchoices. Reusing, repairing and recycling (and
choosing eco-friendly options when we do have to
buystuff) are all steps in the right direction. Keep
upthegood work! Lots of love, HannahDear frankie, As a student currently submerged in the dreaded
HSC, I wanted to thank you with all my heart for issue 90. Every day
recently has been spent obsessing over marks, ranks, assessments
and ATAR calculators, but with the help of those clever life mottos,
I found myself more empowered than anything. I know now that
despite every negative thing this year has and will throw at me, I’ll
be kind to myself, say no when I need to, never settle and work hard
while shaking my hips. Thank you endlessly, Jen x...................
Dear frankie, I’m a complete fl ower fanatic, so no one was
surprised when that was my fi rst tattoo. By my fourth, I’d fallen
in love with the idea that someone versed in ‘petal talk’ could read
these intimate-but-disguised parts of me. The species I picked- native wisteria (‘I cling to thee’), snowdrop (‘hope renewed’),
ragged robin (‘wittiness’) and mezereon (‘desire to please’) – all
have their own importance to me, but reading Sophie Kalagas’s
article on fl oriography made me fall in love with my living garden
all over again... and really, really made me want to get another
tattoo! Much love, Evie xx
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Dear frankie, It’s 4.05am on a Sunday, and while, according to
Instagram, most of my friends are in Ubers on their drunken
journey home, I’m at work, counting down the hours and minutes
until I get to crawl into bed. I work as a nurse in psychogeriatrics- it’s hard, and the hours can be incredibly alienating. Reading
issue 90 – from the interview with Würst Nürse to your piece on
night-shifters – was a wonderful reminder of why I do my job, and
that I’m not alone. You weren’t wrong about strange things happening
when the sun goes down – especially when it comes to dementia
patients – but it’s mostly rewarding to experience. E x
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