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An arrival and a beginning
I’m standing near a gate at the end of a driveway, halter and lead rope in hand, heart thumping. I look down the gravel road towards the bend. Waiting. Waiting. Fifteen minutes ago my phone rang and the driver said he was 35 minutes away. So why am I standing here looking…
Jill Griffiths
Mar 21
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Adding Panache
Panache: (noun) a grand or flamboyant manner; swagger; verve (Macquarie Dictionary) Also, Panache (proper noun): Thoroughbred x Australian Riding Pony…
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Mar 7
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Like a drowned rat
There’s a fishpond at my new house. It’s not the style of pond I would put in, but it is there, complete with eleven goldfish of various sizes. It is…
Jill Griffiths
Feb 21
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Of blackberries and thistles
Or Fred and Ginger to the rescue
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Feb 7
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Playing house in fairyland
Slowly we emerge on the other side of moving. It feels that. An emergence from the old into the new; a relocation 450 kilometres from the city to a…
Jill Griffiths
Jan 24
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The taste of childhood
A lot of people make shortbread or gingerbread at this time of year, but I’ve been baking Grandma’s foam biscuits. Put half a cup of milk and a cup of…
Jill Griffiths
Dec 21, 2022
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Tis the season to be swooped
A message of distress pings through on my phone from a friend. She’s been swooped by a magpie. Attacked. The message contains expletives. The…
Jill Griffiths
Dec 6, 2022
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In the garden
It’s one of those glorious late spring days when the ground still harbours moisture, and the sun is not yet burning hot. Everything in my garden is…
Jill Griffiths
Nov 23, 2022
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