Wow, Bill! That's a lot to take in, for sure! Very weird experience for
you!
On Wed, Aug 16, 2023 at 1:40 PM Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> I like this, Jill, and your response, Sheila. Kitchens are - or were -
> places of news for sure.
>
> Motels experiences are not all bland, Sheila. We are in Parkes, central
> NSW, where I git a text to say to enter the open room when we arrived where
> I would find the key inside. No one could be there to greet us due to
> unforeseen circumstances which we soon found was that the whole reception
> had been burned out, including the cafe!
>
> Bill
>
> On Wed, 16 Aug 2023 at 10:32 pm, Jill Jones <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Here’s a History
> >
> > of never having a flag
> >
> > of being in love always
> > until I grew up
> >
> > being in love
> >
> > of not being normal
> > just as everyone else
> >
> > isn’t normal
> >
> > recalling family
> > as a dream
> >
> > the kitchen where
> > we learnt the news
> >
> > back verandah
> > where we saw the universe
> >
> > more than us
> > far and just outside
> >
> > faded like ink and jeans, tea towels
> > wrapped round ice or pain
> >
> > as if I’ve stolen things now, always
> > daydreams, snacks, refrains
> >
> > the blurry tv
> > it still nearly seems true
> >
> >
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> > of the land on which I live. Sovereignty was never ceded.
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