I’ve been thinking about how music taste is an integral part of identity creating. I'm going to get very honest with you, very not cool, and take you back to the true beginning of my awakening love for music.
put your faith in a loud guitar
I first learnt to play guitar at uni, sitting on the floor of friends’ small college rooms. Smoking rollies, drinking instant coffee or cheap cask wine and slowly learning guitar chords.
dying colourfully
A deciduous tree in autumn is at a distance, a true beauty. A kaleidoscope of perfectly harmonised colours. It’s as though the tree is throwing a party, and every leaf is invited. And it’s a really good party. You can tell. But look a bit closer and death is evident.
banana peel
words and pictures #1 / I sat on the back stairs, feeling great after a vigorous walk. Took my shoes off, freed my toes, soaked up the sun and ate this banana. Life felt complete in that moment. I wonder why we make life so complicated. Why can’t it be as simple as sunshine and barefoot banana eating?
words and pictures
Hello reader words, seer of pictures, thinker of thoughts. Feel like doing some of that together? An idea for a new writing series has arisen, so I’m going for it. It's called Words and Pictures. Every day for the next who knows how many days, I’m going to draw a little picture of something mundane, and write some possibly tedious, possibly transcendental words to go along with it.
dear mummsy – a handmade card (sort of)
I don't make cards for my mum anymore, which as you will find out, might be for the best, but I do write her stuff, like this. I hope you enjoy a glimpse into the wild ride that has been our relationship over the years.
fall in love with chaos
Even though there are sinister forces at play in the world right now, I’m not even going to get into that. Instead I’m going to get down to some hardcore navel gazing and share some personal lint-covered insights with you.
old friends
Little Nothing Moments #13 / Old friends are like sign posts on the peaks of life’s triumphs and tragedies, reminding you of who you are, who you were and who you’ve got the potential to be. Old friends keep you from getting lost in the wilderness.
and that was lunch
Little Nothing Moments #12 / I had the best moments of my childhood around that plate. I felt a deep sense of belonging while sitting amongst my extended farming family, trying to keep my elbows in, eating dinner off that plate.
a rambling ode to friendship
Nothing Little Moments #11 / It all started (or stopped) the night I caught up with my oldest friend Polly. It was a damned quandary I can tell you. Up until that night I’d been writing and publishing every day, keeping to my word, fulfilling my promises, dripping with integrity.
and so went my day
Little Nothing Moments #10 / picked some silverbeet . raided the mulberry tree . inspected the nectarines . still very small .
no time travel required
Little Nothing Moments #9 / Everyone else is still asleep. I’m sitting on the back verandah, with the sound of birds and the stillness of trees for company. Yesterday was Che’s 10th birthday…
there's always puppy therapy
Little Nothing Moments #8 / I have spent a very large portion of my life semi-frozen in lack of purpose, or one true calling. I’ve always envied those who are very something - very creative, very clever, very witty. And wished I could be very something. But I’ve given up on that idea now…
looking at him looking up at me
Little Nothing Moments #7 / As she starts to lighten up, she begins to notice and take pleasure in small inconsequential things. I thought about this as I hung out washing today - and the sweet sense of satisfaction I got from looking at it drying in the sunshine. And again when I..
my name was gabriella, i grew wheat and olives
Little Nothing Moments #6 / I had a past life regression session. It was interesting. I connected back to a past life in Italy in the 1600s. I had a vision of walking through a grain field, running my hands across the top of the wheat heads. But cynical me came along for a ride in the back seat…
i flat out lied to my kids again
Little Nothing Moments #5: I flat out lied to my kids again today. When I picked them up from school this afternoon the first thing they said was how excited they were to get home and see the chickens. Oh fuck, I thought. I haven't told them yet that four of the little fuzz babies drowned.
adventures with salty water
Little Nothing Moments #4 / I spent today detoxing - the yoga way and now I feel pretty exhausted.I'm sure you've heard of detoxes and maybe done a few yourself? But perhaps you haven't heard of Hatha Yoga Kriyas - it's er, pretty thorough…
i whispered a different mantra
Little Nothing Moments #3 / Do you have a morning ritual? You may call them habits, but I think ‘rituals’ sounds so much more important. Here’s mine…
i can still do a handstand
Little Nothing Moments #2. Generally I love to talk. But lately I don’t feel like it so much. It feels exhausting and a waste of time. When I would have filled uncomfortable silences with chatter, presently I don’t have the motivation for it. But it might be just a phase.
did you ever notice
Intermittently today, and for the last few days I’ve been thinking about writing. Thinking about how since starting full time work earlier in the year I’ve barely written anything – other than work stuff. In some ways it’s been a nice break, but in other ways it’s been like leaving an arm somewhere and trying to decide if I can do without it or not.