There are many rite of passage traditions we observe, give meaning to and feel some strong emotive connection with. Today our daughter and her partner boarded a plane for Europe, a trip the two of them had planned for more than a year. Funny how I never imagined how important this would be to me […]
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No not my everyday view this time but a quick trip to Melbourne to see one of our favourite musicians. Our personal after show party found us here at a bar at the top of the Crown Metropol. I’ve always found the view from high places addictive. I’d prefer a mountain top but this will […]
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Another beautiful visit to the Barker Inlet Wetlands and again such a lovely interlude in my drive home. As summer progresses I am watching the water here dry up and the birds beginning to congregate at the deepest pools. I wonder if the the water will last the summer …
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I could stare into this golden seascape for hours. The minimal perspective, no distractions, an almost meditative wandering in my imagination through the complexity upon complexity of the worlds both below and above. I am reminded how rich and how grateful I am for these experiences. Like gold mined from beneath impossible mountains to be […]
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For a couple of years now I have been commuting along a route that takes me past the Barker Inlet Wetlands and the Wingfield Waste and Recycling Centre. I’d noticed the windmills, the prolific bird life and the sights and smells of a civic rubbish dump but in my head I was already at my […]
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