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Moon over Mayfield
A little postscript to my last post courtesy of the big ole' moon and my little Pollyanna
View ArticleThe way home
Last week I mentioned a story to Paul Bevan about the Georgian woman who, while scavenging for copper cut off the internet to the whole of Armenia. Of course, this kind of thing is gold for...
View ArticleMaddy IS : a synaesthete
There is something satisfying about revisions. Just before I hit the send button to forward Maddy off into the world, I decided to read it one more time just to be sure. I’m glad I did. That little...
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In the Detail
Following a call-out from the Hunter Writers Centre last year, I was involved in a project called In the Detail, an exhibition of poetry and natural history illustrations. I couldn't resist a narrative...
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Public art : enhanced
I really wanted to title this post Boobs Rock, but then I thought about all those people googling boobs and how disappointed they would be to land here and read about ships and art. It would lead to...
View ArticleSkaterdater
This is one of the best things I've seen on the Internet in the last little while. Made in 1965, it is noted as the first skating movie and was nominated for an academy award (short film). The story...
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The Story from Behind
I did think twice about posting this...but not for long.Regardless of any dinner table storytelling rights held by my friend Thurgate, I realised I had the best view in the house and was therefore...
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Dancing
At first I stood in the middle of them as they rolled around mefluid and dreamyarms hanging as low as their jeansliquid like a dancequiet apart from the sound of wheels and the occasional restrained...
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Hot dead dudes
Call me old fashioned but I do like a hot dead dude.My favourite blog at the moment is here at My Daguerreotype Boyfriend and it is both a pithy read and a full bowl of heritage eye candy. Here is a...
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Judy Cuppaidge : Flower Seeker
In a recent post here I mentioned the particular gifts we enjoy in our garden from the child of an old Woollahra fig to the Daytura taken from a cutting in the New Orleans Botanic garden. It all...
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The Forgotten Beach
The latest issue of Surfing World Magazine hit the shelves this week and I have some words inside. They look very pretty typeset onto all that early morning splendour (captured by Rod Owen).
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The Happy House: Three windows and a door
I was reading the article'new models for affordable sustainable housing' with an invisible earand despite all the clean space between words (charcoal gray) andthe shiny image of a house that will never...
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The Forgotten Beach
My words in this month's Surfing World Magazine. IF you'd like to read the poems click on the image and ZOOM.
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Signage
I'm currently working on an urban art framework for a watery part of Newcastle. It's had me thinking about signs and how we are moved around (or not) in the city. How we are told what we can and can't...
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Making the arrow less of an arrow and more of an...arrow
I shared this on facebook recently via here and then my friend Pete did this to it.
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Last week I had a blast talking about the joy of being a novice at TedxNewy. Great day full of interesting ideas. In my talk I mentioned among other things a work by Wayne Kaustenbaum, Humiliation and...
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Teach your daughters how to catch a ball...and carve
When I was a kid my parents made sure I could catch and throw a ball. It was a priority in our family and very handy for gross motor skills. It was also useful when I started playing cricket with the...
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It's still January...
So I think it's safe to make this a New Year post of sorts.I'm declaring 2012 a year of adventure and to launch things off in the true spirit of this declaration I have agisted the children and within...
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