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Lakes

Posted in Australia, art, creatures, lakes, norway, poetry on Wednesday, June 24, 2009 | 5 Comments »

I cycled to the lake this evening and the water was very still. The pine trees, gilded by the late sun, mirrored themselves perfectly. Then a fish jumped and flopped and splashed and the ripples circled out, a perfect bulls eye, eventually hitting the bank and folding in on themselves. It reminded me of this [...]

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Koalas and other friends

Posted in adelaide, creatures, friends on Monday, April 27, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Not that koalas are particularly friendly, snoozing all the day on their gumtree perches, then growling and marauding all night. But they look pretty friendly. They make you smile. I went for a walk with some old friends yesterday and we saw four koalas, a kangaroo and an echidna.
It has been very wonderful seeing my [...]

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Ice-bright

Posted in creatures, halden, ice, image-poem, light, seasons on Sunday, January 25, 2009 | 3 Comments »

We haven’t seen the sun in days. But when it comes back it will be too bright to face.

Fierce and low and white. And the whole of this tilting world

this flat, glinting, patterned world

will tip into its arms.

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Duck on ice

Posted in creatures, ice on Wednesday, January 21, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Pretty much sums it up right now.

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The weather kitty

Posted in creatures, germany, kitties, youtube on Friday, January 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »

I love this.

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Cold

Posted in almost disaster, creatures, halden, houses, ice, light, norway, phd, seasons, snow on Wednesday, January 7, 2009 | 5 Comments »

We got back on Monday night. It was freezing. I have never been in a house so cold. The sheets were crisp with cold, even our clothes in their drawers. The floor was slippery. The toilet seat burned. We put the heater on in our bedroom and shut the door, and snuggled in with extra [...]

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Ladies’ Christmas Party

Posted in Christmas, creatures, halden, yum on Sunday, December 7, 2008 | 5 Comments »

Last night I was inaugurated into the Halden Ladies’ Club. (It’s associated with M’s work, but not exclusively.) They are an international bunch – Belgian, Japanese, Thai, Danish, Greek, Russian, English, Norwegian, Italian, and I’ve probably missed a couple. They are doctors, nurses, researchers, IT specialists, mothers (usually combined with one of the above). They [...]

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Snowing!

Posted in Christmas, creatures, family, snow on Monday, December 1, 2008 | 5 Comments »

On the first day of December! No photos yet, but if it makes the ground all pretty I will be out there this afternoon. Right now I am happy with the fat flakes of whiteness tumbling down outside. I think it bodes well for serious thesis writing.

I put up our Christmas pyramid last night. It [...]

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Silly kitty

Posted in creatures, kitties, youtube on Thursday, November 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »

The black and white cats are always the cleverest. Oh, and while we’re at it, this kitty is even sillier:

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Of whales and caterpillars

Posted in creatures, phd, writing on Tuesday, November 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »

I’m having recurring dreams of whales. They bob around happily, with faces like hippos. Frolicking on the cote d’azur. Nosing up to me as I swim beside a cliff at Victor Harbour. And, most excitingly, snuffling around while I am a superhero who flies through the air and zooms through the water, friend of whales [...]

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