February 2012
23 posts
“The trail is the thing, not the end of the trail. Travel too fast, and you miss...”
– Louis L’Amour
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“He walked on the Embankment once under a dark red sunset. The red river...”
– G.K Chesterton
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Ashen ghosts of a former life
Just finished proofing the text for my short story The Violin, from which the title of this post is derived. It will be included in the 2012 Short and Twisted anthology from Celapene Press which I believe will be out around June.
“Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.”
– Mark Twain
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“All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old...”
– J.R.R Tolkien.
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“The thing under my bed waiting to grab my ankle isn’t real. I know that,...”
– Stephen King
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“The traveler sees what he sees. The tourist sees what he has come to see.”
– G.K Chesterton
Callan Park
I was out shooting on Sunday with Matt and we were exploring Callan Park, an old, semi-abandoned mental hospital in Sydney. While there I snapped a shot I’m rather proud of.
The shot is titled Bowling and it has quickly become one of my new favourites. It shows the hospital’s old bowling green (which is now just lawn) and the rather sad and lonely clubhouse that once overlooked it. It’s...
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“How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.”
– A.A Milne
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“Never confuse movement with action.”
– Ernest Hemingway
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“We read to know that we are not alone.”
– C.S Lewis
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“There are two ways to get enough. One is to continue to accumulate more and...”
– G.K Chesterton
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January 2012
26 posts
“See the magic in everything. Sometimes it seems to be hiding but it is always...”
– Joshua Kadison
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The Violin
Just found out that my short story The Violin is going to be included in an anthology of short horror/thriller stories to be published mid-year. More details when I have them.
“All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.”
– Edgar Allan Poe
Hyde Park
Had a lovely Australia Day yesterday with Jade and Matt. After enjoying some of the fine festivities Sydney had to offer we went to Hyde Park and checked out my photo which was on display. Not a bad gallery to have your work showcased in, as I’m sure you’ll agree although they did spell my name wrong on the winners display!
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“The world was made by many men, but shaped by few. The important thing is to be...”
– Clive Barker
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“Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did...”
– Steve Jobs
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Australia Day
Jade and I attended the Australia Day Presents function today where my photo of a Silver Gull in Circular Quay picked up an award and will be featured on a stamp from Australia Post later this year. Was a great event hosted by Kate Ritchie and with performances from John Williamson. You will also be able to see the photo in Hyde Park this Australia Day.
“The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but...”
– G.K Chesterton
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“The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who...”
– Mark Twain
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“Dialogue should simply be a sound among other sounds, just something that comes...”
– Alfred Hitchcock
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“You know that place between sleeping and awake, that place where you can still...”
– J.M Barrie
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“There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.”
– Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter,...”
– Dr Seuss
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“That which is imagined can never be lost.”
– Clive Barker
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“Eighty percent of success is showing up.”
– Woody Allen
December 2011
25 posts
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