Chit Chatting
When I was 17, I moved to Geelong to go to Deakin University. What followed was a year and a half of eye opening, brain exploding, mind numbing, CONVERSATIONS with…
The Wanderers
The last few days, catching up with mum and dad, Holly, I’ve been thinking. What was the actual point of going to Sicily again, just six months after we left?…
23 Days, Boredom and 60s Italian Pop Music
“Italy without Sicily leaves no image in the spirit. It is in Sicily that the key to everything is found. The purity of the contours, the softness of everything, the…
35 Days. I don’t want to jinx it.
But I am really starting to think, with 35 days to go, that our trip to Sicily is going to go one of two ways. I like to call this…
Numbers are not my thing
40 days If I’m counting down greedily now, will I suck them down just as greedily later?
64 Days – I have a big map
I bought a map. A very very big driving map of sicily. It is so big I had to take around four pieces of art off the wall for it.…
You’re the Voice
72 Days I’ve been thinking over the last few days about conversation and knowledge. Because: I can’t have a creative smart conversion in Italian. I love a long, wanky conversation…
Even if they judge
I was just thinking about my weight. About how embarassed I’ve been about it most of my life. Like when I met old friends in the village for the first…
Why don’t they use sofas in Sicily?
80 Days My folks have a formal lounge room that is never used. No, there’s no plastic covering, I think that’s an American-Italian thing, but it’s pristine. Some days, when…