Heart of our Nation Paul F Walsh Speech at Conservatorium September 21 2023 The photo behind me features Uncle Bob Smith. Uncle Bob was a humble man, a teller of tales, my friend and comrade. When Uncle Bob’s black dreaming of an accommodation centre for the relatives of Aboriginal patients at John Hunter Hospital met
Return to Yallarwah Paul F Walsh ‘By February next year, it will all be here: Yallarwah Place, Yallarwah Bicentenary Walk and Yallarwah Circle of Reflection. And every person who looks upon this memorial over the next one hundred years will know. They will know that we built it with love in our hearts and
Yirannali: The Quiet Project replanting a shared future together Heart of our nation Reconciliation A Moment in Time: A moment in time can encapsulate a timeless truth. Such was the case when the Reverend Lancelot Threlkeld and Biraban et al shared a quiet moment under the cliff named Yirannali adjacent to Newcastle South Beach.
A Leaf Paul F Walsh I am as a leaf until I discover the tree and then the tree discovers me Copyright Paul F Walsh 2022
The Clock Paul F Walsh Time should be ticking like a bomb. But time was not ticking. This Seth Thomas clock had died at the exact moment that this Seth Thomas was born. And this Seth Thomas was named after the clock. His mother had been struck by the apparent coincidence. The clock preserved
Communion Paul F Walsh He had been watching me from a distance for some time. Silent. Still. Wary. Ever vigilant. His approach was slow and sinuous. Stalking. Ever closer. Silent. Still. Wary. And then he was standing beside me, looking down at my seated figure. Silent. Still. Wary. Curious. He touched me on the
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Merlin Magic Susan Harvey I’m just so full of Merlin, and I want to write something about what she means to me. Beautiful girl. Yes, but she has a male name! Well, when she turned up, she was wild and injured. We couldn’t get close enough to her to determine her sex and,
Merlin Paul F Walsh Merlin, Merlin Merlin Magnificat I love Merlin What could be plainer than that? She is a beautiful pussycat Of that I have no doubt about And Merlin this, and Merlin that She’s a beautiful pussycat I love Merlin Merlin Magnificat I love Merlin What could be plainer than
The Fridge Paul F Walsh This tale is a chiller rather than a thriller. The fact that I survived this encounter is evidenced by my continuing existence. Or … is it? Am I really the same person now? Is Lord Staffador, Chester the Jester himself, still the same doggo? He is resting on the