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Guilt: the gift that keeps on giving.

We're going on a bear hunt...

Association with human beings lures one into self-observation.

Mount Wellington, as seen from Geilston Bay High School. July 2013. A relaxing Q and A today, the Sunday Brunch Meme . 1} Which do you prefer in the am: Coffee or tea? Coffee. In the event of a terribly sore throat and onset of the flu, I'll take a lemon and ginger tea please. 2} Work has been cancelled on the spur of the moment: Clean house and do errands, or just fun things? If the house needs cleaning, I shall do that first. Duty calls! 3} Middle of the hot summer, vacation at: Mountains or Beach? Beach, beach and even more beach! 4} You have to travel at a leisure speed: Train, plane or car? Train. I love the train. 5} To relax: A movie or a book? A book. I've not patience for a movie. 6} What kind of pets? Dog, cat, bird or fish. From the list, a fish. Preferably a large, man eating fish. 7} Dream home: Hardwood floors or carpeting? I like to look of hardwood floors, but carpet is better for living in. 8} a fun activity: cards, bingo or b...

People who read the tabloids deserve to be lied to.

Take the hill. Geilston Bay, March 2013. Cider With Rosie , Laurie Lee: An account of Lee's childhood in a small village in Gloucestershire, England in the immediate post-WWI War period. Sweet and fresh, if a little meandering, you can see why this one has resonated with people. C+ .

Perhaps it is of more value to infuriate philosophers than to go along with them.

Is it still a maypole in March?

One's ignorance is one's chief asset.

He seems to smile more these days.

There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat.

You might be surprised that it's been rather dry around these parts of late...

Contraceptives should be used on every conceivable occasion.

Yes!

If there is one realm in which it is essential to be sublime, it is in wickedness. You spit on a petty thief, but you can't deny a kind of respect for the great criminal.

That's right. It's me. Whachya gonna do 'bout it?

In three words, I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.

Can you find Henry?

A society that gets rid of all its troublemakers goes downhill.

Oops. Sorry Ez.

If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.

Little by little, day by day, Henry's kicking is getting just that bit better. All he needs to do now is find the natural rhythm of the action and go with the flow. Relax and kick. Relax and kick. Relax and... dummy kick, handball off the left run hard to receive the return hand ball run harder to evade the chasing player relax and kick the goal!

Either do not attempt at all, or go through with it.

AT this point, the sky in fact appear to be the limit!

You specialize in something until one day you find it is specializing in you.

Not that my children have (wisely) embraced Australian Rules Football and the mighty Essendon Bombers , Henry and I have been working very hard on his fundamentals. His endurance and speed is top notch and while his handballing needs a bit of work, it is not bad for a fellow of his age. He's getting the hang of keeping his eyes on the ball and is thus improving his marking in leaps and bounds. On that, he has a fair bit of spring in his step, so his leaps and bounds are very strong. Where he lets himself down is in the kicking department. He reminds me a little of Michael Symons, poor technique and prone to rush it. Next stop, electrodes .

Charm is a way of getting the answer yes without asking a clear question.

Here is one from a while ago now. For some reason the photo that I had uploaded had deteriorated in quality from its pre-uploaded form. It’s a shame, because I had a very nice photo of Ezra preparing to repulse the Tsarist hordes of Aleksandr II Nikolaevich (it’s all very well to emancipate the serfs, but he is not going to get his grubby, imperialist hands on our Casino!) Anyway, that photo is just not going to happen tonight, so you’ll just have to use your mind’s eye to envisage it yourselves. Think ‘Charge of the Light Brigade’ with children operating heavy guns and you’re there. In the absence of that image, I delve deep into the well of unused photographs to find one from last year of a more youthful, gentler Ezra re-enacting one of our favourite discussion points: the Second Battle of the Masurian Lakes. Here, Ezra takes the role of Lieutenant-General Pavel Ilich Bulgakov as he bunkers down in the long jump sandpit – standing in for the Augustów Primeval Forest in modern-d...

Circuitously, stealthily, / Dawn occupies the city

Sunshine came softly... Geilston Bay. January 2012. Le Maudit , Richard Aldington Women’s tears are but water; The tears of men are blood. He sits alone in the firelight And on either side drifts by Sleep, like a torrent whirling, Profound, wrinkled and dumb. Circuitously, stealthily, Dawn occupies the city; As if the seasons knew of his grief Spring has suddenly changed into snow Disaster and sorrow Have made him their pet; He cannot escape their accursed embraces. For all his dodgings Memory will lacerate him. What good does it do to wander Nights hours through city streets? Only that in poor places He can be with common men And receive their unspoken Instinctive sympathy. What has life done for him? He stands alone in the darkness Like a sentry never relieved, Looking over a barren space, Awaiting the tardy finish.

The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.

Heard of that 'rabbit proof fence'? This 'Henry and Ezra proof fence' didn't work either...

A fearful man is always hearing things.

So now he has a chainsaw, and is just cutting down trees left, right and centre. We don't have a fire though.

Most of us become parents long before we have stopped being children.

Henry: coming soon to a Twilight film near you!

A young man without ambition is an old man waiting to be.

How are those fingers looking Ez?

It's only in hindsight that you realize what indeed your childhood was really like.

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