Kitchen moments Australasia » Australia » New South Wales » Wollongong » Wollongong By valeriavineMay 28th 2007Valeria Vinefeast your eyes. It was all delicious.... read more

the ferment Australasia » Australia » New South Wales » Wollongong » Wollongong By valeriavineMay 27th 2007Valeria Vinethings I am fermenting.... ginger Beer olives Kombucha tea love it........... read more

A sea of red cloth made my hands look so small as I tried to fold it. To arrange the chaotic undulations into neat lines. Each time I halved, it multiplied. Grasping and clutching but never find the end. It grew beneath my hands and I could not push it away. I spread my arms wide to surround it only to be surrounded. I pulled it only to find it advancing. I tried to be bigger than it and was lost in its infinity. No! I must fold and divide! No! I must bring ends together! No! I must contain! No! I woke and heard the door seal shut. Everard’s bags gone, save one. I wanted to stay awake to say goodbye…. I opened the balcony doors to see him enter a car. A woman ... read more

We walked laden with backpacks through the old city to the part where we would catch our evening ferry back to Buenos Aires. Deserted and still the streets felt like a movie set. My backpack was small and dense like carrying a sleeping child. JJ towered by my side. “Where’d you get the doll?” I was holding it my hand so as not squash it in my dense pack. “Oh some guy gave it to me, when I saved hm from his hotel room” I passed her the doll and she took it with curiosity. “Pretty heavy for a little thing” “Yeh, wonder what it’s stuffed with.” I took the doll and lifted its little red floral skirt to reveal the neatly stitched seams of her legs with shoes that were permanently sewn to her ... read more

We arrived in Montevideo by bus from Colonia and were met by Diana and Muñeca and in theory Julio....but we had to do a little hunting to find him. It is Semana Santa (Easter) so everything is pretty quiet as businesses close down for the holiday, though I imagine that Montevideo never really reaches the kind of bustle of Buenos Aires. And indeed this is the charm of Montevideo. Uruguay only has a population of 3.5 million and Montevideo houses 1.3 million. Time has slowed for Semana Santa and what little movement there is on the street stands out in contrast in the still cityscape. Mate drinkers in doorways, the few small businesses which have remained open, a lady crossing the street, someone fixing their car. Diana and Muñeca are stying in an apartment "Palacio ... read more