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The last time I ever read one of my poems in public was at an Anzac Day school assembly
I used to meet up with wonderful Albany writer Maree Dawes who has recently gained a place in the Poetry Slam State Final, and a couple of others in the foyer of The Esplanade Hotel, Albany, which […]

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I’ve just come across this in The Guardian (also known as The Grundian by the spelling police). Every month a poet (recent poets were John Hartley Williams, Mathew Sweeney, Fiona Sampson, and Daljit Nagra) sets a writing exercise, chooses some responses, and gives an appraisal of the selected responses. The October workshop is due soon so bookmark it if […]

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We popped into the Freo Museum yesterday after going to the print exhibition at the Fremantle Arts Centre and we came across the Light and Sound Discovery Centre which had some interesting things such as a Zenith round screen TV (probably seemed like a good idea at the time). I noticed a telephone on display […]

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Yes, favourite-uncle-number-two (he isn’t number one on account of him not having given me a casio vl when I was young and easily swayed by trinkets) and his muse are arriving this afternoon from the Far East (Country Victoria). I spoke to favourite-uncle-number-two on the phone a couple of days ago and we had a mutual […]

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As if we didn’t have enough reasons already. Like their extreme gobbledygook (otherwise known as the S.A.T Act) and the fact that you have to pay experts $200 an hour to interpret that same gobbledygook, their extreme unhelpfulness, their boringness (see gobbledygook), and the fact that they make Miss South Carolina Teen USA look logical
But wait there’s more! […]

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Of course this song was written in the aftermath of the London terrorist attacks of July, 2005 but in recent weeks I suppose these lyrics remind me of the McCanns
All reasonable thought is being drowned out
By the non-stop baying, baying for blood
So I go hunting for witches
Brilliant album from Bloc Party

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4_G7LxJacY

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LittleSquib (4), Fremantle, WA
title: We need some more sticky tape
materials: sticky tape, plastic straw, feather, crayons, ribbon, craft table
price: $13 400
statement: This piece attempts to capture both the absence and presence of sticky tape in the visible topology of the humble art and craft table
biography: Has been a master sticky tape artist for at least […]

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I was in an antique shop in North Freo yesterday and as well as scoring couple of records ($4 each) I also came across this 1957 Women’s Weekly. The front cover shows a wonderful anglicised little Jesus and also tells us that this magazine costs 7 pennies in Australia and South Africa

 Then we have this beauty […]

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Have been playing a double CD in the car, The Essential Clash. The kids aren’t impressed, especially with their earlier stuff on disc one, but I just know it will grow on them! LittleSquib (4) still prefers The White Stripes which I’m sure you’ll agree is a huge improvement on The Wiggles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pziWGeM6WJ4

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OK enough is enough! How many books do we have to have with wifey titles?
We’ve got The Zookeeper’s Wife by Diane Ackerman (the wife in this book is also a zookeeper but let’s just call her the wife, shall we), The Time Traveller’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger, Ahab’s Wife by Sena Jeter Naslund, The Doctor’s Wife by Elizabeth […]

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