feb 10 09. i finally am getting the bathers made. that is i'm having a seamstress make a two piece swimsuit using the material from three of the small flags. the top will be the green and gold part of the flag and the bottom will feature the white stars on blue. when she reclines on her left side you'll see the flag. the story is i was washing the windows of a sewing store and they had seamstresses they did business with. i gave mary the flags and said i wanted to talk to the woman doing it as she [View Full Entry]

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feb 2 09 just a vignet. having a becks at claremont hotel. bloke said he knew me - the flag man. after i walked back to the car and thought i'll give him a sticker, got a bunch. passing 'rudy's' the new restaurant in claremont, people saw stickers and wanted some. stuck one on their car. got to pub where a bloke gave me twenty for some stickers and next table saw them and got three!!!!!!! the mood is still there. i just don't know how to tap it. otherwise no flag news. now i've reverted to my old life - [View Full Entry]

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14-1-9 wind, relentless wind. the windiest place on earth. these desert winds on a coastal oasis. and i'm working furiously, no notice of economic meltdown here. the well-heeled walk their dogs on green watered playing fields in swanbourne. norfolk pines and peppermint gums. i've rented a flat for a base amid the gathering clouds of mass unemployment and asset deflation. keep your head down. or is it rebound? get in quick for a killing? not a healthy world! 900 dead in gaza, almost three hundred children. were they jewish children the outcry would deafen. obama good luck. i've walked on water [View Full Entry]

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12-1-9 perth. the cloud studded sky rushes past. all the trees thrash in the strong southwesterly. my nerves on edge. after twelve days of over thirty two. and i'm hanging on in peppy grove drinking becks bier. the dingys have gone thru racing round marks with young enthusiastic crew. i've done my days window quota and wonder where we'll be in six months, dire warnings and relentless bad figures presage unique moment in our lives. as a historian i'm fascinated to experience a true turning point in history. gaia give me strength. [View Full Entry]

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jan 6 09. happy new year. the only flag news is that the prime minister said that he would hold a plebicite for a republic in his SECOND term! otherwise gaza suffers and i wash many windows. got back much of my old clientele including today the 'duck' on cott foreshore. might get barchetta and am working on mosman bay restaurant too. if i get those i'll be sufficiently employed. no flag effort on my part. the tank is empty. [View Full Entry]

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nov 12 bird walks at yanchep national park and on the canning river, the latter being especially well populated. then yesterday a short count at pelican point with one of the birders i met at yanchep. we saw about twentythree species, three of terns, blackwinged stilts, an avocet, an unidentified predator. weather here very showery and humid. not perthlike at all. sailing yesterday. window washing today. so much work available i've been going hard all this week and last. the boom's bust not yet hitting the streets of perth. people give me more than the quote because i'm not in tune [View Full Entry]

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nov 24 just to keep this blog alive. no news. went birding yanchep national park. weather cool for november. was supposed to do ABC radio but she hasn't called yet. went into 'west australian' for no result. spoke to '7' news reporter who was enthusiastic but have not heard anything. flag flying from yacht i sail on on wednesday was stolen! anybody got some ideas? [View Full Entry]

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nov 14 home, that indefinable place. you know it but. and i'm here on well worn tracks. washed windows this morning in claremont. hadn't lost the touch a bit. got three 'contracts'. soon i'll be full time!! a new high rise mall almost finished. there'll be work for the new shops as they open and i'll be there. weather still cool and chilly at night but this is good stuff and will slide quickly into summer. got 'done' on my car purchase as i feared. no skills in this department and result proved it. paid way too much. not to worry. [View Full Entry]

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nov 3 so to sit here in swanbourne overlooking that western shore after three years, to be 'home', reconnecting with family and friends at least i'm able to write these humble words when before paralysis of angst and indecision seized me. oh the golden west where resource riches ruled. it will be an interesting vantage point for WDII, world depression two, following logically from great war, great depression, WWII. andrew 'twiggy' forrest lost ten billion in a month, at least he can stil afford the absurdly expensive lifestyle here in w.a.. long walks on foreshore seeing birds i can't find in [View Full Entry]

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nov 3 and i'm here in claremont library having made the hop. hired car til i can buy van. lovely time with daughter kate saturday and sunday. much to do but slowly. swam saturday in cold but not too cold indian ocean. walked dunes and looked at birds. it won't take long to get these species. new holland honeyeater and another bird grey. today walked mosman forshore for ring-necked parrot and a raptor. crested tern with streamers from back of head, yellow bill, light grey wings. overcast and cool. LOW HUMIDITY. [View Full Entry]

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