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Vagabondage — video-footnotes — a companion Youtube playlist

For readers of my poetry memoir, Vagabondage (UWAPublishng, 2014), about the year I lived in a campervan and ideas about ‘home’ — here’s a playlist of video ‘footnotes’. So if you were wondering where the phrase ‘leave no trace’ came … Continue reading

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In Praise of Men in Frocks: Vale Brian Crossley – Mrs Flower Potts from Adventure Island

Sad news that Brian Crossley — the actor who brought Flower Potts to such vivid life in the 1960s childrens’ classic television series Adventure Island — died at his home on the weekend, aged 85. Flower Potts was special because … Continue reading

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Happy Santa-Solstice-Festive-New-Year Season to you all

Happy festive season to you. Thanks for reading, sharing, commenting, and just being fun and interesting. May you have joy in giving and receiving lovely things & wishes and hugs and may a kind wind at your back ease you … Continue reading

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