The thing about remembering is that you don't forget.

Self portrait. East Derwent Highway, Lindisfarne. July 2013.

The Weird Question Meme, Part Two

What is your ring size?

Your guess is as good as mine!

How often do you wear jewellery?

I wear a wedding ring. None other than that.

When was the last time you consumed alcohol?

I had a small glass of beer with the pork roast the other night.

Any big plans for the summer?

Lots of diving. Lots of photos. Lots more National Parks.

What is your favourite comfort food?

It's hard to go past chips.

Do you prefer broccoli or asparagus?

Probably broccoli. Asparagus is fine though.

What colour are your bedroom walls?

White chocolate (according to the tin).

With whom do you live?

One lady and two gentlemen.

Which Star Wars movie is your favourite?

The Empire Strikes Back. They're supremely overrated as a series though.

How about Harry Potter?

Never read or seen one.

What was the last movie you saw in theatres?

Wreck It Ralph. Not bad.

Did you get the popcorn or candy?

We took a second mortgage and got some popcorn.

What is the most romantic text in your inbox?

"I bought four apples today."

Have you ever played miniature golf on a date?

Never.

What’s a phrase you overuse?

"Why not?"

Do you always use good grammar?

One does try.

Do you have an accent or a speech impediment?

I'm told that I'm a little bit country.

What did you eat today?

Lots of fruit. Porridge for breakfast with rhubarb.

What do you do at work?

I try to improve marginalised Tasmanian's access to Vocational Education and Training and employment.

Do you know the rules to any sports?

I used to. They keep changing them though, and now I have children.

Do you prefer to watch or play sports?

I enjoy play more these days, even if the body protests.

What is your favourite kind of hat to wear?

Anything that does the job. A sunhat is critical in summer.

Do you pray?

Not at all.

To whom do you pray?

I've never seen the point.

What is the closest mountain to your house?

Mount Wellington!

What size engine is in your vehicle?

We don't have one right now.

What do you need to do tomorrow?

Work work work.

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Ah, Joe, you never knew the whole of it...

I still have the robot on the job. Here you can see the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery . And here is a poem: Soliloquy for One Dead Bruce Dawe Ah, no, Joe, you never knew the whole of it, the whistling which is only the wind in the chimney's smoking belly, the footsteps on the muddy path that are always somebody else's. I think of your limbs down there, softly becoming mineral, the life of grasses, and the old love of you thrusts the tears up into my eyes, with the family aware and looking everywhere else. Sometimes when summer is over the land, when the heat quickens the deaf timbers, and birds are thick in the plumbs again, my heart sickens, Joe, calling for the water of your voice and the gone agony of your nearness. I try hard to forget, saying: If God wills, it must be so, because of His goodness, because- but the grasshopper memory leaps in the long thicket, knowing no ease. Ah, Joe, you never knew the whole of it... I like Bruce Dawe. He just my be my favourite Austral...

There was nothing left. No reason, no conscience, no understanding; even the most rudimentary sense of life or death, good or evil, right or wrong.

Here is a self portrait. I’m calling it Portrait of a lady in a dirty window . Shocking, isn’t it? However, it is apt! Samhain , Nos Galan Gaeaf , Hop-tu-Naa , All Saints , All Hallows , Hallowmas , Hallowe'en or HALLOWEEN . It’s Theme Thursday and we’re talking about the festivals traditionally held at the end of the harvest season. Huh? No wonder Australians have trouble with the concept of HALLOWEEN. For the record, in my thirty-two L O N G years on the planet, I can’t say I’ve ever seen ghosts ‘n goblins, trick ‘n treaters or Michael Myers stalking Tasmania’s streets at the end of October. [That said, I did once see a woman as pale as a ghost turning tricks that looked like Michael Myers in late November one time.] Despite the best efforts of Hollywood, sitcoms, and innumerable companies; it seems Australians are impervious to the [ahem] charms of a corporatized variant of a celebration of the end of the "lighter half" of the year and beginning of the "darke...

In dreams begin responsibilities.

A life at sea, that's for me, only I just don't have the BREAD. That's right, Theme Thursday yet again and I post a photo of a yacht dicking about in Bass Strait just off Wynyard. The problem is, I am yet again stuck at work, slogging away, because I knead need the dough . My understanding is that it is the dough that makes the BREAD. And it is the BREAD that buys the yacht. On my salary though, I will be lucky to have enough dough or BREAD for a half dozen dinner rolls. Happy Theme Thursday people, sorry for the rush.

This will hurt me...

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