Free in Freo

Posted by on July 17, 2012 · 2 Comments 

Flew with the dawning sun as it raced the plane from Sydney to Perth yesterday.  A beautiful, thing, flying across high up like that; first flight I’ve just completely enjoyed – ever.  Don’t know why.  But has to be mixed up with the way I’m travelling lighter and lighter these days n nights.   Anyway, to Fremantle where the rest of the day was a succession of delights. Studio room at The Painted Fish   I reckoned... Read More

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What a difference a photographer makes

Posted by on July 15, 2012 · Leave a Comment 

There’s something about a shovel Double click on each photo and you’ll see it at high resolution . . . Bloke, shovel and a hole-in-the-making Jay, esky and a dream Literacy in the street – a dream worth sharing, yes? From the Guttenberg Press to a roadside library in Chippendale Eat your heart out, Ozymandias Photographer’s friend and hole digger, shovel and pick       Now.   Compare these photos of today’s... Read More

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Share library built today in our road garden

Posted by on July 14, 2012 · 2 Comments 

Library with signs and Coco’s books Jay, Macquarie, Coco and I built a free road library today.   Coco and her book donation in the library Well, Jay and the others, really, I just dug the hole for the pole   Coco and Macquarie paint the library A recycled esky, a bamboo pole set in cement in the ground, one side of the esky turned into a door, and Coco donated the first two books.   Signs need to be improved but at least it’s... Read More

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Live in my sustainable house

Posted by on July 13, 2012 · 2 Comments 

lounge and dining room Would you like to live in Sydney’s Sustainable House? Get your water and energy from the sun and the rain? Well, you can. Would you like to rent my room for six months while I’m overseas? It’s the main bedroom, sunlit, two french doors, furnished. Pay no water or electricity bills.  Gas bills do need to be paid; about $70 a quarter.  Rent is $250 a week, payable fortnightly.  My 21 year old son is here and... Read More

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How to laugh and garden at the same time

Posted by on July 11, 2012 · Leave a Comment 

We’ve had so much good feedback on the lovely vid that Ash Berd did that I’m posting it here for those who may have missed it.     vimeo.com…   Now tell me if you think I’m seeing things – don’t we look like we’re having fun? Join us gardening, walking the labyrinth, and in our next enterprise: making public libraries in our streets . . . . what’s that? Ahhh, wait and see . . . more life... Read More

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