Category Archives: The Animal Kingdom

The windswept doorstep of the year

Posted on August 30, 2018 by sagesomethymes

August is almost over. And so is winter. I’ve loved the slowly lengthening days that carry the hope of spring. The newly lit hours that creep in after the solstice always seem so familiar; like a lost memory returned, promising … Continue reading →

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Some of My Favourite Things

Posted on August 29, 2015 by sagesomethymes

You are where you live. As you are all of the things that you do and love. For the last eight years I’ve been lucky enough to live in the village of Double Bay on the eastern shore of Sydney Harbour. … Continue reading →

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“They do not love us as much as we love them”

Posted on January 12, 2015 by sagesomethymes

Do animals make statues of us? Why do we make statues of them? Why do we make statues? Perhaps to represent, remember, immortalise, inspire? I guess humans make statues, like humans make art. But why statues of animals? Animals have … Continue reading →

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The Seagull

Posted on September 25, 2013 by sagesomethymes

Recently, a man twice my age and half my height, stopped to look at my feet. “You have beautiful feet.” That’s what he said. “I don’t usually walk around without shoes,”  I said. “I lost them trying to save a … Continue reading →

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Spring Cleaning!

Posted on September 5, 2013 by sagesomethymes

There is something enormously satisfying yet terribly sad about this year’s spring cleaning. I’ve just put out my third load of washing; tidied my underwear drawer; dusted the book shelves; wiped down the wooden floor boards with eucalyptus oil and water; … Continue reading →

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Roger’s Garden

Posted on March 23, 2013 by sagesomethymes

Yesterday, as I sat at my desk in the artist’s studio (okay, at the dining table in my flat) I heard Roger barking, and I knew it was about 3:30pm. Roger lives in a garden of herb and flower beds separated … Continue reading →

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Theatre Cat

Posted on November 16, 2012 by sagesomethymes

In one of my favourite theatres lives a cat called Rochester. On any given Saturday night, you might be standing in the blue bohemian bar sipping a drink before the show, when Rochester will make his first dramatic entrance. He’ll streak in from … Continue reading →

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A Time For Every Purpose

Posted on November 2, 2012 by sagesomethymes

I like to wash the dishes late at night after everyone has gone to bed. Occasionally I hear a gruffle in the darkness outside my kitchen window. And when later I fall asleep, I dream of possums chasing each other … Continue reading →

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Home Made Yoghurt or Kitchen Elves

Posted on July 15, 2012 by sagesomethymes

Have you noticed the growing trend to make your own yoghurt? Gourmet writing circles are awash with this craze. Personally, I think it’s an obsession with cheating the system; a belief that something can be had for nothing. You think: … Continue reading →

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George Sand’s Herbarium

Posted on June 11, 2012 by sagesomethymes

I am reading George Sand’s Lettres D’Un Voyageur, a birthday gift.  These twelve letters detail not just her physical travels but also her emotional and spiritual journeys. In one letter she instructs a friend on how to dispose of her … Continue reading →

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