I have been blogging for three years, and one unexpected result from following other bloggers has been the inspiration (and the courage!) to try new forms of creative expression. Here is what I have so far: A Video First: “Cape Elizabeth: 1962” (Video Poetry) A Fiction First: “Beware the Ides of September” (Ghost Story) Finding […]
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One of my favourite series showing at the moment is Tim Minchin’s Upright.
I’ve just watched an interview recorded this week on Build and felt it needed to be shared. Perhaps it will invite you to watch his new series or at the very least watch his ‘Life Lessons’ speech at the University of Western Australia.
Needless to say, I am a big fan – not just because he’s a Perthite.
#TVSeries:Upright #TimMinchin #LifeLessons #BuildInterview #WestAussieTalent
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It’s the film that, I think, a lot us wanted to see from Scorsese: a stately, ominous, suck-in-your-breath summing up, not just a drama but a reckoning, a vision of the criminal underworld that’s rippling with echoes of the director’s previous mob films, but that also takes us someplace bold and new. Scorsese, working from […]
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Another Haiku written at Burns Beach Cafe during poetry workshops held in 2013.
Misty Horizon
Blinded by years
And the misted horizon.
I ache without you.
Frances Macaulay Forde © 2013
#POEMS:BurnsBeach #POEMS:Haikus #FrancesMacaulayForde #PoetryWorkshops #BurnsBeachCafe
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Two Haikus written while conducting poetry workshops at Burns Beach Cafe in 2013.
Three Trees
Three small trees
Stand tall against wind
Bow to direction
Frances Macaulay Forde © 2013
Jewel Tide
Brilliant sun
Jewels ocean tides
Relentless flow
Frances Macaulay Forde © 2013
#POEMS:BurnsBeach #POEMS:Haikus #FrancesMacaulayForde #PoetryWorkshops #BurnsBeachCafe
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This was last year’s Christmas Lights (in the suburbs) Competition WINNER in Perth, WA.
This is how they do it in the U.S.
Can’t wait to take the grandies for a drive around the entries in my suburb – bit of a Christmas tradition, now. Gets us in the mood for all the mayhem and raises money for different charities while entertaining the local kids.
#PerthXmasLights #XmasLightsComp #LocalXmasLights.
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There is not a lot of good Christmas decoration in Fremantle so Cicerello’s in the Fishing Boat Harbour deserves credit for this great display. The thousands of little lights moving in the breeze look stunning, so take your children for a stroll one evening from about 7.30pm. Roel Loopers
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For more than a decade Tuba Skinny has played on the street where appreciative listeners can tip the band. You too now can support their artistry by tipping them online. Using PayPal.com donate to tubaskinny@gmail.com. Using Venmo.com donate to “tuba skinny.” You also can support the band by buying their music: http://tubaskinny.com/music
via Tuba Skinny: “Going Back Home” Spotted Cat April 10,2012 — The Inquiring Mind
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Attention span of a puppy? Pushed for time? “Publishing is a long game. As they say, you have to be a stayer if you want to be a player. Even if your book is only 500 words!” said Jen Storer, children’s author and chief inspirationalist at Girl & Duck.com when discussing the pitted path to […]
via My Elusive Career as an Aspiring Writer — Thoughts Become Words
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She used to see him everywhere He wove into every conversation ‘All roads lead to…’ they joked Now the roads go new places Wind through wishful thinking, blissful realities settle comfortably in what is for what it’s worth.
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