When the streets seem strange
More often now as I walk the streets the words come to my lips or mind, “These things seem strange to me now.” Funny. Why’s that? The streets are the same. The people, cars and other walkers – the same. How can the familiar become strange? James Joyce, self-exhiled to Paris, could describe the streets and names of most of his home town Dublin. They were in his blood and inhabited his every fibre – his books say... Read More
New York Times – record droughts now ‘normal’
New York Times – record breaking droughts ‘normal’ from now on; will seem ‘wet’ compared to droughts that lie ahead in the next decades. www.nytimes.com… ‘It is increasingly clear that we already live in the era of human-induced climate change, with unprecedented weather and climate extremes . . . Read More
Planting hazelnut trees at Kangaroo Valley
Broger’s End To Sarah’s farm, Broger’s End, Kangaroo Valley, these last three days: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Brogers-End/182845341773967 Seb, Sarah, Barney the dog, and bloke Four of us to plant 18 hazelnut trees and some fruit trees. Testing view from the hammock One of us to test the view from the hammock. Barney And Barney the dog, his genes abrim with the desire to chase cattle. Faith, hope and love I had the gift of... Read More
Humans being wonderful
With music and passion we humans soar and are wonderful – I dare you to watch this and say, ‘No’: www.youtube.com… Som Sabadell flashmob On the 130th anniversary of the founding of Banco Sabadell we wanted to pay homage to our city by means of the campaign “Som Sabadell” (We are… (With thanks to The Chook Whisperer and her parents.) Read More
Choosing solitude
No more for me the sounds of shopping trolleys. Gone the grass parrot’s songs of joy, their upside down feeding in the branches outside a dance that woke hope in my eyes. Left behind, too, the beatitudes of Bronte pool, its oceanic liquids that silenced chattering voices. If Banjo Patterson’s Clancy of the Overflow went a drovin’ to take the stock to feed and water where he could find it for them, If what was left was still there after... Read More
