some local insanity...

Love me some neighbourhood insanity...It is raining, albeit lightly...And my T-shirt+shorts-clad neighbour is currently washing his car with a very obstinate, leaky hose...In between, he cleans the birdbath to test if he has managed to stop the leaks before resuming carwashing...

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) December 5, 2020

Martin Johnston remembered...

Winter Solstice of 2020 marked the 30th anniversary of the death of Australian poet Martin Johnston (12 Nov 1947 - 21 Jun 1990). He was the son of Charmian Clift and George Johnston. 'Beautiful Objects' - released October 2020 = anthology of his poetry...https://t.co/jqAo7RCJYF

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) December 5, 2020

Excerpt from 'The Blood Aquarium' 

Tonight the air is delicate 

like those tremulous aquatints 

in the better Victorian chronicles of travel. 

One would expect it to lisp. 

‘I think I would look better,’ it might say, 

‘in basic black.’ 

And in the night’s night 

we swing on the clapper of a black bell, tolling 

impossible polyphonies of burnished fish 

into the squi#ering plasma that surrounds us.

- More poetry HERE

mask caution...

PASSING THOUGHT: Weekly shopping...Still people are masked up, though many restrictions eased...People walked from cars to shops masked, though outdoors we don't need to wear the mask if distanced...Caution is very much the operative word of living...https://t.co/UTy0NDY3d6

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) December 5, 2020

canoe on the Baaka...

Wilcannia, NSW witnessed the historic floating of the first red river gum Aboriginal canoe in 80 years along the Baaka. Baaka is the Barkindji name for the Darling River. https://t.co/RbP1CvY7Dx

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) December 5, 2020

new weekend...

new weekend morning
questions and
possibilities
jostle for
identity #tanka pic.twitter.com/EVEnUBsnqt

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) December 4, 2020

Poseidon in chocolate...

I adore chocolate... But this one reaches a whole new level. This is Poseidon/Neptune in over 90kg of chocolate...It was made by Chris Zammit for the 2019 Hamrun Chocolate Festival in the southern region of Malta...https://t.co/CVZYervYln pic.twitter.com/XGwFyPxidd

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) December 4, 2020

Arundhati Roy...

Arundhati Roy - Loved her first novel...'The God of Small Things' (2008) - wisdom gowned in beautifully lyrical expression.
But AR is more than just a novelist...She questions political and cultural moralities... Her 'sharp pen is unafraid to rock the boat'. https://t.co/1BXPfqgfRU pic.twitter.com/Dq6GAlevTG

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) December 4, 2020

lime and black pepper...

PASSING THOUGHT: I should be eating a decent meal tonight to close the week...But all I can be bothered diving into is a packet of lime and black pepper chips... I'll regret that choice tomorrow...But not tonight...Me bad... pic.twitter.com/qJJCkaeVxx

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) December 4, 2020

a gift of roses and chocolate...

PASSING THOUGHT: Strange feelings after finalising reports + hasty outlines for Term 1 2021 courses... (changing from the remote learning outlines)...Like a limbo, when holidays are near but just a breath or two out of reach... It helped to get more roses + chocolates today... pic.twitter.com/xnQZj3hMA8

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) December 3, 2020

small roses...

Small roses in my garden in late afternoon light... pic.twitter.com/YWjv8r9oXh

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) December 2, 2020