I: The BAS – Remains to be seen (Vida Sobottka) By referencing historical reliquaries – glass domes, dioramas and cabinets of curiosity – Vida’s collection of ceramic objects and scenes venerates the ordinary, the everyday. Precious and fragile, these pieces proclaim the sacred and ask questions of the future. I feel serenity as I walk […]
Walking round home: December 2019 (part 2)
I: The Boardwalk, Narooma The morning is cool and the breeze choppy, not a day for a quick dip at Potato Point. So we head to the sheltered breakwater pool at Narooma. Even that isn’t sheltered enough. We decide to walk along the Mill Bay Boardwalk, passing the amusing murals on the public loo: a […]
At very low tide, beauties revealed
And still the ash comes in …
Walking round home: December 2019 (part 1)
I: Blue Earth Café, Bodalla I have a haircut at 10am, a really really short cut. Then I insert my emu feather earrings and head up to Blue Earth to wait for 12.30 and lunch with a special friend. I order a stiff black coffee, and settle down to read old Guardian magazines, yellow highlighter […]
No, Scott Morrison, my husband does NOT want to be fighting fires this summer!
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Update: This post has now had more than 80,000 views. Thank you to everyone that’s sharing it. I wish I’d put this link up before I published. For anyone wanting to donate to the Rural Fire Service, please make a donation directly to your local brigade if you have…
Walking around home: November part 2
I: Where else?? Low tide at Potato Point, a day before the temperature creeps up, while northern NSW and southern Queensland burn. People lose their homes and their lives and politicians pray and wrangle. It seems almost obscene to be walking along a deserted beach without a wisp of smoke in the air, although there’s […]
Eurobodalla art: November 2019
I: SoArt gallery, Narooma When I went to this exhibition, I was expecting a feast of painted chairs. I found that, and far more. For one thing there were plans and a photo of a model of the planned Narooma Arts and Community Centre, plans already at council awaiting approval. The guardian of the gallery […]
