Archive for the 'Australia' Category

A Legacy of Ripples

Monday, May 18th, 2009
 
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A digital story by Cheryl Colan and Rachel Woodburn, on the occasion of Linda Hick’s Retirement Celebration, May 16, 2009.

Bird Dreaming

Friday, December 28th, 2007
 
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Here’s a little more of Australia in 2004. Something I tried to do every day. We’d be tired and cold, and just want one more hour to sleep, but the birds would start singing loudly just before dawn. Some of the people around me put their pillows over their heads and went back to sleep. [...]

Coffee at Korrawinga

Thursday, December 27th, 2007
 
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Another moment from my past, specifically, a trip to Australia in June 2004 – when it’s winter down under. I was staying with a travel group at the Korrawinga Community Center on Aboriginal lands. We are in the tiny kitchen of a pre-school day care center, and were being allowed to use it for [...]

Tim Tam Slam

Tuesday, December 25th, 2007
 
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If you live in the U.S.A., the hardest ingredient to get for a Tim Tam Slam is Tim Tams. Simple to find in an Australian convenience store, but hard to come by in the States. If you’re lucky, like me, you get your good buddy Alan to bring back a package of Tim Tams when [...]

Aboriginal Welcome Song

Monday, July 9th, 2007
 
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I met Joe Gala in Australia in 2004 and again in 2005. I am very proud to call this man my friend. I blogged about him the day I met him, and had a lot to say. Here he’s performing Gari Gynda Narmi, the welcome & farewell song of the Badtjala aboriginal tribe of eastern [...]

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