– William Stafford
Mexico butterfly conservationist’s disappearance sparks alarm BBC
The Past Is Never Dead–Is It?The Past Is Never Dead–Is It?
The Past Is Never Dead–Is It?
The legislative bear pits are peppered with wide variety of dualisms — heaven and earth, old and new, past and future, temporary and permanent and the worst thing than being talked about is not being talked about . . .
“I'm not playing cricket with someone who won't eat lunch with me,” says Unaarramin, known as Johnny Mullagh.
Mexico butterfly conservationist’s disappearance sparks alarm BBC
The Past Is Never Dead–Is It?The Past Is Never Dead–Is It?
The Past Is Never Dead–Is It?
The legislative bear pits are peppered with wide variety of dualisms — heaven and earth, old and new, past and future, temporary and permanent and the worst thing than being talked about is not being talked about . . .
“I'm not playing cricket with someone who won't eat lunch with me,” says Unaarramin, known as Johnny Mullagh.
Your Story Will Never End As Long As Your Chapters Are Shared
Like Carmen, she was a fascinating character, to say the least. A pioneer and instigator of many weird and wooly projects and who liked to “instigate” you right along with her. Every village has one, and Doris was ours. A lively individual who was always throwing herself into some harebrained scheme or other, taking no prisoners as she pulled you into her wild world of wackiness. Doris’s “urgent” could mean anything from the need to raise money for lame goats to singing at the top of a living Christmas tree.
~ Suzanne Kelman
Reunion of the legislative library as well as printing and binding together with assembly line of attendants even council staffers gathered today from places as far as Gosford, Blue Mountains, Mosman and Manly ... Dr Cope and Greg McGill finally solved the mystery of a missing farewell note ...
What is the enemy of writing today? Fear — of moral judgment, public shaming, social ridicule, and ostracism. The mob has the final edit... MEdia Dragon inside Castle of Edinburgh
Should revelations be sealed like private letters,
till all the beneficiaries are dead,
and our proper names become improper Lives?
But having seen the surge of youth, the sag of age
in breast and chest and everything,
I still say Spring is overrated. Age is better.
Less is expected of the once firm chest that drags
a little lower, the robust voice reduced to murmur,
Less is expected of the once firm chest that drags
a little lower, the robust voice reduced to murmur,
speaking slower.
Age can finally say aloud what it really feels and
thinks in after dinner company or crowd.
No one blinks. If they do, no matter.
Age erases pretence; replacing it with sense.
Age is proof you got from there to here.
Alas, so many that you loved
did not complete the journey. You mourn them, yes,
and always will, but age is such a triumph over youth,
again, because you moved across the years to here.
Leaving there where it belongs
for youth to come along and re-discover.
Age can finally say aloud what it really feels and
thinks in after dinner company or crowd.
No one blinks. If they do, no matter.
Age erases pretence; replacing it with sense.
Age is proof you got from there to here.
Alas, so many that you loved
did not complete the journey. You mourn them, yes,
and always will, but age is such a triumph over youth,
again, because you moved across the years to here.
Leaving there where it belongs
for youth to come along and re-discover.
Courtesy of Radar, Rocky etc and the Printing Mob ;-)
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WE’VE DESCENDED INTO SOME SORT OF BIZARRE HELL-WORLD IN WHICH PIERS MORGAN IS A VOICE OF SANITY: Piers Morgan responds to call for his firing for making a joke after being told there are more than 100 genders.
WE’VE DESCENDED INTO SOME SORT OF BIZARRE HELL-WORLD IN WHICH PIERS MORGAN IS A VOICE OF SANITY: Piers Morgan responds to call for his firing for making a joke after being told there are more than 100 genders.
Speaking of Manly, this story was noted: “Tax officers are not much different to Crown officers such as legislative staff as there are no borders to law ... Legislative committee might have royal commission powers, however the protection of revenue and democracy are five times stronger than joint parliamentary committees at legislative assemblies or senates ... J5
"Hundreds of Australians who used a Central American bank over recent years face being caught up in an unprecedented international investigation over suspected tax evasion and efforts to hide taxable wealth.
Australian individuals are expected to face criminal and civil action in the wake of a special "day of action" by the J5 group of tax institutions, made up of agencies from the United States, Australia, Britain, Canada and the Netherlands. “
Hundreds of Australians caught up in global sting by tax agencies
Only in Sydney: 'Whatever it takes': Men conspired to pressure or harm detective over gold bar investigation
Only in Sydney: 'Whatever it takes': Men conspired to pressure or harm detective over gold bar investigation
Ian Lazar and Achilles Constantinidis were found guilty in the NSW District Court on Friday.
· The Australian Taxation Office is continuing its crackdown on the black economy, with increasing help...
But some Legislative Councillors have revealed they have been targeted with Australian Tax Office...
Prince Charles warned business leaders they needed to make being eco-friendly more affordable to fight the "approaching catastrophe" of climate change. Speaking at the World Economic Forum
Why Wasn’t ‘Goodnight Moon’ One Of The Ten Most Circulated Books At The New York Public Library? One the first time ever, says the manager. He sent out a tweet and Twitter readers responded with a thousand pounds worth of orders. – The Guardian
Carnegie Library’s Ex-Archivist And His Fence Plead Guilty To Stealing And Selling Rare Books
Podcasts Are Getting Book-Group-Like Fan Clubs — And, Like Book Groups, They’re About More Than Just The Material
T hough they are ostensibly meant for conversation about the shows themselves, actual episodes are seldom discussed. Instead, members get sidetracked and end up on tangents, talking about their failed marriages, sharing parenting advice and helping each other pick outfits for first dates.” – The New York Times
STEPHEN KRUISER: Comedy Loses Another Legend: Monty Python’s Terry Jones Has Died.
Book clubs encourage empathy and discussion. Usually. But they can sometimes be hotbeds of cattiness
- Describe yourself: Daughter of Bad Times, by Rohan Wilson
- How do you feel: Living in Hope, by Frank Byrne
- Describe where you currently live: The Golden Country, by Tim Watts
- If you could go anywhere, where would you go: Literary Places, by Sarh Baxter
- Your favourite form of transportation: Driving into the Sun, by Marcella Polain
- Your best friend is: The Storyteller, by Serge Liberman
- You and your friends are: Child(ren) of All Nations, by Pramoedya Ananta Toer
- What’s the weather like: A Season on Earth, by Gerald Murnane
- You fear: Home Fire, by Kamila Shamsie
- What is the best advice you have to give: The Library Always Wins, by Outi Pickering
- Thought for the day: Just Add Love, by Irris Makler
- How would I like to die: In the Garden of the Fugitives, by Ceridwen Dovey
- My soul’s present condition: Surfacing, by Margaret Atwood
"Round table meetings (C8) are a necessity for those who are always going around in circles and are unable to square-up and face the facts," says Joy Cooksey of Harrington.
"At times in my contracting life, I had to deal with a particular crafty negotiator employed by a large construction company," writes Max Petrie of Palm Beach. "As well as a desk and well-stocked liquor cabinet, his office contained a round table (C8), and whenever he invited me to join him at the round table, I knew it was time to be very careful."
Whenever one of us introduced an old favorite, we savored the other's first delight like a shared meal eaten with a newly acquired gusto, as if we'd never truly tasted it before.
New Bone-Eating Life Form Discovered in Bizarre Alligator-Corpse Study Live Science
