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Author Archives: sagesomethymes
Burke & Wills and Me
I’m standing at Redfern Station waiting to catch the train to Canley Vale to visit my mother who lives exactly 9.2 km from there along the Orphan School Creek bike track. Usually I catch a bus from the station to her house … Continue reading
View from the Bio Box
Last week the world almost ended while I was at the Old 505 theatre in Newtown. I’d been here before, mostly in the audience, but over this five night residency I was the tech operator for Blind Tasting, a beautiful play … Continue reading
Posted in Habitat, Spirit of Place, Theatre, Uncategorized
Tagged ballroom, bio box, Blind Tasting, cicadas, computers, drama, Liam O'Keefe, Newtown School of Arts, Old 505 Theatre, Paul Gilchrist, Plaster ceiling, seagulls, Shakespeare, sound and light design, Studio 54, subtlenuance, Sydney, Sylvia Keays, Theatre, theatrical productions
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My adventures with Princess Neroli
“The magic of the street is the mingling of the errand and the epiphany.” 1 It’s with a serious mission that I set off on this expedition to Carrington Road, but I’ve forgotten that these old industrial streets of the city’s … Continue reading
Posted in Habitat, Spirit of Place, Staycation, walking
Tagged adventure, aromatherapy, art deco, art deco factory fronts, Carrington Road, Cooks River, cornucopia, Diego Bonnetti, essential oils, fibre glass animals, industrial, Marrickville, Neroli Essential Oil, New Directions, Princess Neroli, Rebecca Solnit, Staycation, suburbs, Sydney props, Sydney walking tours, Tempe, The Old Garage Cafe, tourism NSW, Two Valley Trail, urban, urban walking, walking, wandering, wanderlust, wild, Wolli Creek
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Festive Season Survival Kit
What a year it’s been! It’s time to celebrate! And here, no matter who your family or friends are, is a festive season survival kit to take with you everywhere and indulge in as needed. It’s easy. Just pack the … Continue reading
Posted in Experiments with Food, The Sages, Uncategorized
Tagged be here now, celebration, Christmas cake, Cognac, common sense, confidence, craft beer, esky, festive season, French Cognac, getting on with people at Christmas, golden spiced rum, herbs and spices, laughter, picnic basket, Rum, survival kit, surviving your family at Christmas
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Spirit of Place: Walking Burwood Road
Burwood Park is a testament to the strange and unexpected wonders that can be discovered in public spaces. I began my wander near the WWI memorial arch where I’d spied the white umbrellas of the park cafe. And I was glad … Continue reading
Posted in Spirit of Place, walking
Tagged Aboriginal tracks, Burwood, Burwood Park, Burwood Westfield's, Confucius, discovery, exploration, Golden Globe Seafood, Little Nepal, Liverpool Road, Mee Noodle House, Mint Vietnamese, Momiji Japanese, Parramatta road, public spaces, pubs, Restaurants Burwood Road, Sahara By The Park, Sandakan memorial, Sydney, Sydney Dumpling King, The Avalon Hotel, The Burwood Hotel, tourist in your own city, travel, walking, walking Sydney, wanderlust, war memorial, War memorial arch, war memorials
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10 Things To Do In between Croissants
When I was at university I read Simone De Beauvoir’s memoirs and fell in love with the French Existentialists and their subversive lifestyle. It seemed they sat in Parisian cafes long into the night, drinking coffee and cocktails and talking … Continue reading
Posted in democracy, What Are You Reading?
Tagged angst, Art, At The Existentialist Cafe, Bad Faith, Being & Apricot Cocktails, Book Review, croissants, despair, existentialist angst, Existentialists, Freedom, French Existentialism, Life, Paris, philosophy, Sarah Bakewell, Sartre, Simone De Beauvoir, The Resistance
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Rage against the dying of the light
I hate Vivid. Or I did. That’s because essentially I’m a snob. If a whole lot of people like something then you can be sure I won’t be caught dead anywhere near it. And that’s what I thought when I … Continue reading
Posted in Habitat
Tagged cracker night, Dylan Thomas, long weekend, Queen's Birthday long weekend, Vivid Sydney
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Little Green Cannon Balls
I got a text from my niece recently asking me to help her with her homework: an assignment on migration. It reminded me that I’m a migrant. In fact this year is the 40th anniversary of my family’s arrival in Australia. … Continue reading