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So cold and empty at the heart today. I feel all the little threads connecting me to everyday life in the usual world - the usual world of Brisbane, that I grew so painfully and ...read more
Walking past yet another housing estate whose walls are festooned to arm's length with torn posters, glued art, endless tags. A small, modest sign up top reads: Nothing is to be stuck on here. "Nothing ...read more
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A man on the street broke my heart open and I can't stop thinking about him. We had turned a corner heading for my friend's atelier to surprise-visit her, when out from behind a parked ...read more
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God, I am so in love right now. Partly because of food and partly because of language. We decided I needed to really touch down in Germany, not to be always looking back over my ...read more
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Being back has been all too much. My body is toiling through an endless misery of sudden change and dark culture shock. And it feels like during the four days I have been travelling underwater, ...read more
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No Murdoch press and the sun has come out! How much fresher can Germany get. We have eaten a breakfast of thinly sliced things rolled on platters served with other, slightly more thickly sliced dark ...read more
I got up in the middle of the night and went over to the window. It wasn't the middle of the night, it was half-past five in the afternoon, I had slept from nine til ...read more
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Abu Dhabi airport. The altered reality of long haul travel is hard to convey. It does feel like we are hauling something, up from under the water. My hearing is dimmed and my sense of ...read more
Queensland. The Sunshine State. Skin Cancer Capital of the World. Spending as much time in the hammock under the trees as I can possibly afford, trying to absorb enough warmth and light and birdsong to ...read more