Australia
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Macclesfield
Macclesfield is a small town on the upper reaches of the River Angas in the Adelaide Hills region of South Australia. 958 is what Wikipedia says is their population. Allegedly we upped it to 960 for a couple of days last week. Good on us. That is not the story I will tell though, our Continue reading
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“Coburg’s Earthmoving is serving Yabbies”
30 April – 2017 somewhere in Australia Monday morning, we had the big breakfast with eight family members and my two mentors; Maggie and Mabel. As is usually the case the eight family members sat around at the table talking and Maggie and Mabel and I went outside to play. When those adults came outside Continue reading
A Prairie Home Companion, appelmoes, ‘Lake Wobegon, Bendigo, Coburg, Coober Pedy, Dalian American International School, Kings Billabong camping, Lake Bolac, Mallee Country, Melbourne, Mildura, New York City, Nigretta Falls, Nyah, Riverland, South Australia, stampot, Sundowner Caravan Park, Terowie, The Town Hall, Truro, Victorian border, Wannon Falls -
Terowie
5 April 2017 Terowie, South Australia Robert said he heard his mate calling him from mid-north SA. So he and his wife packed up, and moved there. They bought a house for $90,000 opposite Robert’s mate’s garage. He told us about the murders in Terowie. “Just like Snowtown”, he said, “Maybe worse. These victims were Continue reading
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Leaving Australia – Again
Leaving Australia again… end of 2016 edition. Packing. We seem to be always packing. In a couple of days, the next trip begins for Narda and me: leaving Adelaide to get the international flight to Honolulu. I lived there in the past. 1. In 1969 I arrived with my girlfriend and her one-year old daughter, Continue reading
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Do not take my Vegemite
“Do not take my Vegemite ” Vegemite Storage Letters Chinese police using geese Best loo in Kaifaqu In-flight Movies Lenovo Baggage allowances Australians are easy going, maybe some of the most laid back of any nationality. You will hear “she’ll be right mate” more than anything else. In fact there’s not that much going on Continue reading
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Reason to believe
July 12-13 2013: Friday/Saturday Home – I think – after decades where home is becomes questionable I think we are home. If we go by where the majority of our crap is that would be China but if we go by where we own our home then that is either one of two houses in Continue reading
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International Day @ Dalian American International School
International Day @ Dalian American International School youtube clips for this are at http://youtu.be/fdkrxDDErXk (overview); http://youtu.be/Y7Vpt3vXI7M (druming); http://youtu.be/sVxYglz5xfI (choral piece written for this event) neuage webpage for this is at http://neuage.us/BLOGS/42-internatiotional-day.htm Every day is international day at our school, after all we have about 25 countries and 15 different languages but once a year we call it International Day. Continue reading
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Tomb Sweeping Fun
Ah Tomb Sweeping Day, Qingming Festival;; the day that one tends the graves of their once-were-mates. One of those great non-Western holidays that we celebrate by not working, well working but not usual working, working in the plan-our-holidays way. The thing is about two and a half thousand years old and for the most part Continue reading
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Somewhere over ancient China
Somewhere over ancient China Skyline Skylights Sky so much of it Sunsets Darkness sun rises Islands ~ continents Pools of wetness People dreaming Below Next to me too Different dreams than me I dream of the future that is the past long ago past prehistoric me when decades I have known I had not known Continue reading
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A Chinese miracle
A Chinese miracle Just to prove that miracles are not the sole (soul) domain of the Western religious-philosophers-‘we-are-the-chosen’ we discovered that even in China miracles do occur. I am defining miracle as that which is outside the ‘normal’ realm of our flitterings through life; those events that happen with some possible intervention beyond some dim Continue reading
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A Piggly Wiggly story
A Piggly Wiggly story I do not recall having heard of the Piggly Wiggly chain of stores before last summer. Not sure why that is as I lived in the States for about 42 of my 65 years on this planet and I surely have wandered through the south where they have 600 stores in 17 states. Continue reading
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BOO
Another chance time to re-event me you them past not reflected past not shadowed past someone else’s NOW no longer in the future Continue reading
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the past in the present
embedding the present moments in Australia and the USA by re-experiencing the past decades Continue reading
“Life behind the Lobby: Indian American Motel Owners and the American Dream”, Bellbrae Country Club, Bells Beach, Bourbon Street, China, Crossville, Dalian, Jackson Square, Little Big Horns, Lutherville-Timonium, Maryland, Melbourne, micro-brewery, Saturn conjunct Pluto in Leo, Selma, Sydney Airport, Tennessee, Tullamarine Airport -
Keeping warm
this is Australia and warm is the in thing to be Continue reading
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colour
For decades I could not understand why fashion houses were not beating down my door for advice and why Narda for so long has thought (and mentioned) something about my colour coordination not being up to snuff and today my doctor said I was colour-blind. Something about not seeing stuff in the blue-green spectrum. I Continue reading
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Melbourne Again!!!
After nine years in New York I am back in Melbourne. Continue reading
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