There Is Beauty Everywhere. Even In Dystopia. Even In Armageddon. One point I will always adamantly insist on is that it’s entirely possible to live a joyful and exuberant life in the midst of this abusive dystopia. www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/there-is-b...

There Is Beauty Everywhere. Even In Dystopia. Even In Armageddon.

Reading by Tim Foley:

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Funny, but true.

bushfires #Alaska North West Territories #Canada

caring for a dog thats part greyhound/lab/kelpie, runs fast eats like a horse and very smart, they dropped him off with loads of food, this dog eats better that me, he's a very sweet boy though, will be sleeping inside

This government ignores petitions. They were presented with the biggest in Oz history, over half a million signatures, into media ownership and responded with crickets. Murdoch and the Zios have them cowed.

miss live theatre out here in the bush, The Regent, Her Magestys, MTC doing whatever, St Martins, Belvoir St, the Utzon Room, so many luxuries gone, at least I have the memories, break a leg :)

In Australia we have dead people voting for pre-selection of candidates, apparently it's all above board, except for the people who are below boards,, note most of our government is dead, or pretending to be dead so they don't notice the corruption

don't come to australia, the people are weird

"The co-founder of a secretive NSW Liberal Party sub-faction has told a corruption inquiry he did not think the law governing political fundraising applied to them" are all lnp members this corrupt ? lets not vote for any of them www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...

'Didn't think the law applied to us': NSW Reformers in spotlight at ICAC

Robert Assaf, co-founder of the NSW Reformers, has fronted a corruption inquiry for the fourth day of hearings.

abc.net.au

this space is making me cynical,, and bitter, I just want to turn away,, but thats no answer

had the joy of re-homing two dogs last week, one is now riding around on the back of a quad bike with a farmer, the other is now part of a family with 3 kids also in a country setting, the farmer called me after a few days just to tell me how she was going, he cared that much #dogsky

craving a cigarette, reading too much Camus

We are the hollow men We are the stuffed men Leaning together Headpiece filled with straw. Alas! Our dried voices, when We whisper together Are quiet and meaningless As wind in dry grass Or rats’ feet over broken glass In our dry cellar The Hollow Men T. S. Eliot

1st line As I write, highly civilised human beings are flying overhead, trying to kill me. George Orwell "The Lion and the Unicorn"

1st line The house was set back from the noisy main road in what seemed to be a rubbish tip. Dori Lessing "The Good Terrorist"

1st line The head superintendent pushed the door wide open, then stood aside, and I entered first. Andre Soubrian "Goodbye Doctor Roch"

1st line. One never knows when the blow may fall. Graham Greene "The Third Man"

1st line Three in the morning. E.M.Cioran "The Trouble With Being Born"

several hundred stitches in time save these jeans from the rag bag for another six months, Bernina Record 530 (off the arm)

Just finished The Log From The Sea Of Cortez, Steinbeck, 3rd time I've read it, completely different experience after years away from it, never throw out your best books, now reading A Happy Death, Camus, why do I do this,,, #booksky

old glass bottles are crushed, tumbled to remove sharp edges, soaked in fertiliser and room temp water producing slow release silicon(sand) based fertiliser compared to current fertilisers which dissolve in minutes #farming www.asme.org/topics-resou... www.advancedsciencenews.com/crushed-glas...

charity shop scores, John Steinbeck "The Short Novels", Frederick Forsyth "The Fourth Protocal", Graham Greene 7 novels in one book, $1 each #booksky

Oh good, we are getting a frost tomorrow, appropriate I'm re-watching "The Day After Tomorrow" #climate Hopefully I will get up early enough to get a picture or two

books,,,, I still love them #books #library

Wattle blooming in the springtime,