Benang: From the HeartOceanic in its rhythms and understanding, brilliant in its use of language and image, moving in its largeness of spirit, compelling in its narrative scope and style, this intriguing journey is a celebration and lament--of beginning and return, of obliteration and recovery, of silencing, and of powerful utterance. Both tentative and daring, it speaks to the present and a possible future through stories, dreams, rhythms, songs, images and documents mobilized from the incompletely acknowledged and still dynamic past. |
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Page 17
... Grandad trained me in all the tasks required to run a boarding house , and ensured I did extra studies . He made up a timetable . I served our gentlemen guests , and cleaned up after them , and made their beds , and washed their dishes ...
... Grandad trained me in all the tasks required to run a boarding house , and ensured I did extra studies . He made up a timetable . I served our gentlemen guests , and cleaned up after them , and made their beds , and washed their dishes ...
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... Grandad I'd betrayed . We drew up a timetable . He was always pragmatic , my grandfather . Of course he was not without vision — I'm thinking of his lofty ambitions for me but he had always stressed the value of timetables and a ...
... Grandad I'd betrayed . We drew up a timetable . He was always pragmatic , my grandfather . Of course he was not without vision — I'm thinking of his lofty ambitions for me but he had always stressed the value of timetables and a ...
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From the Heart Kim Scott. and waited for Grandad to position himself before I hauled him through the door held open by our banker . My elation carried us across the carpark . I accelerated , stopped , turned ; and Grandad stumbled ...
From the Heart Kim Scott. and waited for Grandad to position himself before I hauled him through the door held open by our banker . My elation carried us across the carpark . I accelerated , stopped , turned ; and Grandad stumbled ...
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