When luck and irony collide
Things recently took a strange turn here at the magpie nest. I opened the NSW government health site as I do each evening, to check on details of the latest …
Musings
Musings includes poetry, song lyrics and other thoughts about this world, this life…
North, north, ever north?
How my angst swirls and swoops when there’s another Covid outbreak. So near, or not, anywhere we go perhaps, masked and wary. Checking in and often forgetting to check out. …
North, north and ever north
Growing up in Tasmania there was, I suppose, a certain inevitability that I would find myself heading north from time to time. Just as the Tamar empties into the sea… …
Write, Sing or Swim – Day 32
The archeological museum was uplifting. I went once in the morning and then again in the afternoon. After so much musing on sea, sand, pebbles and stone, I was delighted …
A Song A Day – Day 11
A song for the last days of travel this time. I prepare to return home. City, Country, Stone Building nowthe weight of absence so many layersso far from the sourceyour …
Write, Sing or Swim – Day 31
I am overwhelmed with all the birthday love, truly, it is very heart-warming. Strangely, as I wander the harbour this early morning I feel a pull away from this relentless …
A Song A Day – Day 10
As I pondered the relationship and the difference between pebbles and sand I realised eventually, that sand is sand largely because of the kind of stone it comes from, and …
Write, Sing or Swim – Day 30
That feeling when you wake up and it’s your birthday and the sun is shining. I wasn’t sure how it would be to have a birthday away from home, friends …
A Song A Day – Day 9
Well, the rollocking Red Mary finally found her way through. I think the spirit of the pirate Barbarossa remained after sitting in the grounds of that fortress. Here’s a song …
Write, Sing or Swim – Day 29
Soft, cool morning sun in Chaniá. No cats about yet. I climb the steps to pick some basil for my morning salad. I realize then I’m on the western wall. …