keepin up

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27-2-8 (cont) lady in library helped me send nomination for 2020. no 'submit' at the end of the form and a followup email saying you'll be notified later if your form was ok. by then its too late. made a lot of effort for that ruddy form.
28-2-8 slept late due to yesterday's exertions. rain. blustery cold; library; parked nowhere bloke stopped and said go to food bank. went. and got pink huggies box full of food. chai latte in sachets. riverina rice our water hungry monster. yes she offered blankets, clothes and probably a holiday if i asked for councilling. what with me in me glued and frayed sweatshirt looking the part and carly duly dented, blackened teeth and well practised shuffle, coulda written the book. so i parkedup bushside where on warmer days honeyeaters had their lunch. dark seas overhung by dark undersides cloudblanket. red rosellas. anthem:
australia, australia, australia; land of a sacred sun
a, a, a; this land, our lovely home
we your lucky people,will tend your web of life, knowing the future depends on all of us (making the future our own).
refrain: capes york and leeuwin, river murray, simpson desert, mount washington; lake macquarie, southern ocean, gabo island, dada da
so i drank the pinecoconut and felt the sugar surge, gave a shivver and realised i needed physical activity; enough of words, ideas fliting thru me brain. musk lorikeet.
29-2-8 parkedup riverside after spruik top end of town. lucky day at opshop - white shirt and golden sweatshirt dollar off special. total six dollars. galahs, cockatoos and kookaburra. silver gulls fed by family that got flag. still, cloudy, sun in patches but. free food cheap clothing just filled the tank. photo op kids on rocks and flag draped on car. soaring pelicans. wind gusts on water. later uncle johns by burntout ute at tunnel of love. nowra night ferals. bloke 'looking for corey' breaking in window two a.m.. me hearing strange shouts at four.
1-3-8 eggs bacon sausage hashbrowns and toast. coffee. big brekky. brief spruik then south to mollymook for surf contest scene. all good. warm sun, cool shade. found aldi green bag.
2-3-8 mccaffe early parkup south of lighthouse. pickup. it's cleanup straya day!!! what a womnderful thought and i'm in it for sure. this should rival the melbn cup. let's get the job done. good spruik too. then vine info went to 'golfclub' for beautiful day and v result. good surf so all happy. finally got to relax 12:45. trying to eat my way thru donations! flat black rocks, cliffs, houses and trees. light breeze refreshing then blew chill. blue sky and blue sea. white clouds, white surf and sand. am i dreaming or just a lucky country. bit of a rant in golfpark bloke tried to interfere with me spruik. crowd gathered. got lungs exercised. i'm a pro. and i've gone beyond temptation not because i'm strong. they've got nothing i want, nothing i need. i have achieved fulfillment. i am free.

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