I came back to Tony and SJ's this afternoon, to collect my things that I had left behind while travelling around the country. They are departing 34 Old Canterbury Road this weekend, so the rooms are piled with boxes, furniture is moved out and around and there is a quieter, cleaner air to things. It's kind of sad, too--all my belongings in one box, my old queen-sized bed taken apart with the mattress leaning on the wall out in the hallway.
No matter. This is the way things go. Today I ate a 5$ sushi box down at Circular Quay, with a view of the opera house in the afternoon sun. Then I went into the MCA (Museum of Contemporary Art) with a mind to wander some more, and happened upon the reading room/library, filled to bursting with art books and journals. I sat down with all they had on Andy Goldsworthy and read and took notes til they closed. The old lady, Meg, who was librarian, happened to be from Hobart, and knew of Lorinna--"In the 70s, a lot of people from Melbourne, you know, kids, went there, it was the place for organic farms. Places called 'Blackberry Farm' and things. I'm sure they have kids now, grown up and all."
Tomorrow I will go back and do some more research, not for a paper or anything, just for me. I'm practicing being a university student. Commiserating with librarians, loving the way the light changes on the walls as you stay longer and longer...
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I'm a 27 year old Canadian woman. I grew up on Cape Breton Island, although my parents and their families are from Quebec and Ohio. Currently I live in Cape Breton, in a small town by the Bras D'Or Lake.
I can make a good soup and tie my own shoes. I've worked as a nanny, a potter's assistant, a shop clerk, and a janitor. I've also worked in a library, and taught computers to seniors. I've travelled to Australia and New Zealand and across Canada by train. I spent two and a half years in university before I left. I like the way the air smells in the Fall.
Since 2002 - this is my blog, a place for me to write about life, what I experience, to share my photography and my writing. I'm glad you're here!
I can make a good soup and tie my own shoes. I've worked as a nanny, a potter's assistant, a shop clerk, and a janitor. I've also worked in a library, and taught computers to seniors. I've travelled to Australia and New Zealand and across Canada by train. I spent two and a half years in university before I left. I like the way the air smells in the Fall.
Since 2002 - this is my blog, a place for me to write about life, what I experience, to share my photography and my writing. I'm glad you're here!
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