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The world is kin
Published on Feb 15, 2021
I spent a week in the Tarra Valley of Victoria at the start of the year. This lush, cool landscape contains remnants of ancient rainforests that hark back to the times of Gondwana – massive old fern trees, towering Mountain Ash trees and Beech Myrtles that have been standing for a thousand years. It’s a…
Growing pains
Published on Jan 29, 2021
On Tuesday, I sat alone in the pre-dawn dark and watched a livestream of the Day of Mourning dawn service here in Melbourne. I watched a dignified and passionate young Wurundjeri and Dja Dja Wurrung woman, Stacie Piper, preside as MC. I watched Senior Wurundjeri Elder Aunty Joy Murphy Wandin provide a heartfelt Welcome to…
Looking at looking
Published on Oct 4, 2020
As a writer, I look a lot. I’m always watching people, observing mannerisms, how they dress, how they stand, move their hands, tilt their heads. How they interact with other humans, or pets. Where their eyes go. Do they see those luminous new leaves on the vine they’re walking past? The colour of the morning…
Lockdown, brain crumble and Djilba.
Published on Aug 14, 2020
Greetings from the depths of lockdown stage 4 in Melbourne. It’s only week two, impossibly. It’s hard this time round, isn’t it, fellow Victorians? Even knowing that this is the right and wise thing to do, and doing it willingly, and embracing masks-as-accessory whenever we leave the house. It’s a drag, but without the sequins…
Where we’ve been, and where to go.
Published on Jun 11, 2020
Friends, where do we start? These past weeks have felt like a time for lil ol’ white me to shut up, sit back and listen. To share and amplify Black voices, anger, art, music, perspectives, experiences. Right now we’re watching history being made and I’m all too aware of my ongoing need for education and…