Homecoming

Good after­noon and wel­come to Mel­bourne, where the tem­per­at­ure is pleas­ant, the stereo is play­ing beau­ti­ful tunes, the miso is deli­cious, the incense is lovely (thanks, nuwishas_tail) and where a kitten will soon be again. So, here’s the week...

New Year’s Resolution

I sol­emnly swear I will replace the ropes on my ham­mock every year rather than stor­ing them and let­ting them wear through at a crit­ical moment.  Owie, owie, owie, my back! Des­pite that, last night’s Wild Marmalade meets Skin meets Ben Walsh...

snake oil

A shout goes off around the Arts Fact­ory camp­site: hey, have you seen the possum? I’m not excited. I’ve seen ten pos­sums in my life, more, in parks, in my mother’s garage. Then a rush of people… excited exclam­a­tions in a dozen accents. A snake has...

Full moon

Last night was intense. Golden zurna melod­ies trickled down my back in swamp trop­ical heat, djembe picked my feet up and ran away with them, laugh­ing into the infin­ity with the tink­ling santur. My belly remembered how to move my hips so it could play at being...

Renewal

Wood­ford is over for another year. Another amaz­ing week of music and friends, although this time it was more the people than the music… Wish I was more elo­quent… but I’m too mellow to craft this entry. Just take what pours out… Life’s too short....

Whoo hoooo!!!!!!!!!

Sleeps till Wood­ford: 0 Jezebel is safe with her friends Mel & Matt. Everything is packed. hermia8 and thun­der­chylde are wait­ing to carry me away. oreth­ule, the bike is still yours if you want it… Call me… Bye all, see you on the flipside....