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Monthly Archives: April 2025
Your suspense is nearly ended
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I ended the previous post leaving you, the reader, waiting for something astonishing. It was this: Shortly after supper but before the train had chugged its way back to Darwin (Yes, I know, trains don’t actually chug anymore but chugging …
Posted in Australia - Fall 2024
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and they were prophetic
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We were up and at ’em Wednesday morning – in the lobby by 07:00, on the bus at 07:10, and at the Darwin Convention Centre for check-in and a light breakfast prior to boarding The Ghan for our scheduled trip …
Posted in Australia - Fall 2024
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yet not a footstep was there
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There’s always a moment whenever I go to any museum that I reach a saturation point. This is the time when I’m simply looking at whatever is displayed but not thinking about it. Some have a longer intake allowance than …
Posted in Australia - Fall 2024
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in the name of all the angels or the devils
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I acknowledge that I am on the land of the Larrakia People. I acknowledge their custodianship. The Dreaming is still living. From the past, in the present, into the future. Forever. I would also like to pay respect to the …
Posted in Australia - Fall 2024
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The sunset struck so brilliantly
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(You got to get back to the land.) It’s a new morning in Kakadu and we have one final activity (or as RS calls it a “Field trip class”) in the park before we board our bus for the three-hour …
Posted in Australia - Fall 2024
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