Posted in Uncategorized, tagged comfort, familiarity, home, knitting, Mum, warmth on September 23, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Sitting together,
Patterns, textures complex.
Watching TV.
At the football,
Riding on trains.
Click, click, click!!
A comforting sound
Familiar,
Speaks of home
And imminent warmth, when
Rapidly, but carefully, cast stitches
Rapidly become
New jumpers, cardigans
Patterns complex colour & texture.
Knitting needle percussion
Beats out the rhythm of the
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Posted in 1 Guildford Rd, tagged family, home, memory, space on January 1, 2012| Leave a Comment »
No.1 Guildford Rd, Kingswood, NSW, Australia.
Home.
Distance between neighbours, big skies, dirt road, suburban bush.
The writer in front yard of 1 Guildford Rd
Space for urchins, fun, adventures, injury, trouble, mischief.
Mum, Roge, Me, Steve, then Pete, and then Phil.
What a time we had. Memories for digging. Myths for making. Let’s ride that billycart, bro!
365 Short Memories 