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Outstanding scholar. These are the first two words inscribed on Ben’s epitaph. It may seem a strange way to have started the most...
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Geoff Cordner
Jan 15, 20219 min
Celebrity Twins
For as long as I can remember I've been fascinated by the concept of shared birthdays. Whether it be reading an autobiography, checking...
Geoff Cordner
Jan 4, 20216 min
Batting With Ben
Sunday, 20 October 2019, marked the first day’s play of the 2019-2020 cricket season for North Ryde RSL Cricket Club’s First Grade team...
Geoff Cordner
Jan 4, 20214 min
The Older We Get
In late September 2019 I was selected to play in a pre-season T20 cricket match for North Ryde RSL against Northbridge Cricket Club on...
Geoff Cordner
Jan 4, 20213 min
When Stumps Are Drawn
In mid-September 2019 North Ryde RSL Cricket Club had decided to open its 2019-2020 season with a fundraising event in aid of the McGrath...
Geoff Cordner
Dec 30, 20205 min
For Wicketkeepers Everywhere
During the winter of 2019 the North Ryde RSL Cricket Club Presentation Night was conducted; an event at which team and individual...
Geoff Cordner
Dec 30, 20204 min
A Race for All Time
(The precursor to this tale can be found at www.thebeniverse.net/post/the-game-goes-on). On the evening of Valentines Day 2019, as the...
Geoff Cordner
Dec 14, 20206 min
Loving Vincent
One of the qualities I was keenest to foster in our boys as they progressed through adolescence to adulthood was the courage to be...
Geoff Cordner
Nov 25, 20205 min
Tell Me a Story
Earlier this year I decided to do a bit of a stocktake of various items in Ben’s bedroom. In truth it is surprising that I had not done...
Geoff Cordner
Nov 11, 20206 min
Flame Trees
The lockdown in NSW during the first half of 2020 was a strange and unprecedented time for a lot of people. Many of us found ourselves...
Geoff Cordner
Oct 30, 20208 min
Of Time and Stars
Earlier this year I was looking through Ben’s room, and on this particular occasion I decided to catalogue the books that he had deemed...
Geoff Cordner
Oct 15, 20205 min
Birthday Wishes
I have written in the Introduction to this section of The Beniverse about my experience on the morning of Ben’s 22nd birthday - see...
Geoff Cordner
Oct 2, 20203 min
Shoulder to Shoulder
There are some people who just get it; who have this innate ability to empathise with what you are going through. You listen to the...
Geoff Cordner
Oct 2, 20204 min
Fairy Tale Ending
In early December 2019, on the very day that Linda and I had agreed between us the style, size and colour of Ben’s gravestone, and placed...
Geoff Cordner
Sep 18, 20206 min
Things We Miss
When your child is young, particularly as a stay-at-home Dad, you get to hear and see most of what they say and do, and you feel you have...
Geoff Cordner
Sep 18, 20205 min
The Game Goes On
Ben’s death on 26 January 2019 occurred on the very eve of the commencement of the tour to Australia by Norton Oakes ‑ North Ryde RSL’s...
Geoff Cordner
Sep 4, 20206 min
Scar Tissue
In early December 2019 Linda and I were attempting to finalise the plaque that we would be placing in due course on Ben’s gravesite. The...
Geoff Cordner
Aug 7, 20205 min
It's Not Whether You Win or Lose
They say you can tell a lot about someone from the people they choose to surround themself with. In Ben’s case that form of analysis...
Geoff Cordner
Aug 7, 20203 min
After Life
For many weeks after Ben’s death we didn’t, couldn’t, turn on the television. Why? Because nothing else that was going on in the world...
Geoff Cordner
Aug 7, 20204 min
Leap of Faith
Linda had for many years aspired to jump out of a plane – with a parachute, and with someone who knew what the hell they were doing,...
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