BACK FROM THE SOUTH
Been away for over a week. Came home on the COUNTRYLINK train and coach last night and that was an experience. Small country travelling is usually an ‘ experience’.
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Izzy outside Van 255 at the GATEWAY in WEST GRAFTON. He was almost put in an old people’s home by one of his girls but we think a van park will do for the moment. |
We travel by STARWAGON. That’s a delight for the little girls and going visiting family is a vastly improved ‘experience’ from going up and down the M1 to Brisbane in said STARWAGON. |
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LYNNE in the 19th CENTURY
With 3 19th Century Blogs underway, I thought I would look for any mention of LYNNE. I am loosely including variants thereupon such as – obviously- LYNN. Mebbe a Lyn but probably not and – well- mebbe just LYNNE AND LYNN.
nellibell49’s 19th century blogs
While you are at it, try this site for excellent clip art : http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/sitemap/sitemap.htm
FLORIDA’S EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY CLEARINGHOUSE it is. Graphics used here are from said site.
now for articles including LYNNE or LYNN from the NLA newspapers.
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2 splendid marine paintings were being auctioned. The artist was “LYNN”. Cite: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2557588 The Sydney Gazette and… Thursday 15 September 1842, page 3 |
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POLICE OFFICE,-THIS DAY. LYNN V. WADE AND JACKSON. Mary Low, of Arthur-street, charged James Wade, and Joseph Jackson with committing a common assault upon her ; complaint dismissed, complainant not appearing. ( Who is Lynn ? ) http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2239080 The Courier (Hobart,… Friday 11 February 1853, page 3 : seems female complainants failed to appear on more than one occasion. Appearing might not have been a very safe path to take. |
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http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1263003 The Brisbane Courier Thursday 22 February 1866, page 1. List of PERSONS NOMINATED for ASSISTED PAS- Luby, Elizabeth … 22 Molloy, Margaret,. l8 Lynne just wasn’t big in the 1800s so far as I can see. |
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I shall try once more. There is the novel EAST LYNNE. The same author also wrote ANNE HEREFORD which was serialised in the Brisbane Courier in 1867. Mind you, one correspondent to the Editor bemoaned the fact that the Brisbane School of Arts had such a trashy book on its shelves and had healthy suggestions for preventing the School of Arts from going under financially. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1327117 East_Lynne WIKIPEDIA calls it a sensation novel written by Mrs Henry Wood in 1861. |
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AND AS A SURNAME from ancestry.com: http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Lynn-name-meaning.ashx
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2008 SO FAR
THIS week we go south again. Izzy has a Sunday with the Clarence River Conservatorium. We are heading to Kalang and then up to Armidale. In the meantime – here is the year in fotos so far. Well – a little.
I have chosen the PUZZLE from slide.com to see whether I can puzzle this one out. Grandchildren and Children HERE I COME !
LETTERS IN SAND
A NEW SITE FOR THE things I find which don’t fit into MELINDA KENDALL or LYNNE BELL SANDERS.
Douglas Adam’s short history of Australia
“Some time around 40,000 years ago, some people arrived in boats from the north. They ate all the available food, and a lot of them died. The ones that survived learned respect for the balance of nature, man’s proper place in the scheme of things, and spiders. They settled in, and spent a lot of the intervening time making up strange stories.
Then, around 200 years ago, Europeans arrived in boats from the north. More accurately, European convicts were sent, with a few deranged and stupid people in charge. They tried to plant their crops in Autumn (failing to take account of the reversal of the seasons when moving from the top half of the planet to the bottom), ate all their food, and a lot of them died.
About then the sheep arrived, and have been treasured ever since. It is interesting to note here that the Europeans always consider themselves vastly superior to any other race they encounter, since they can lie, cheat, steal, and litigate (marks of a civilised culture they say) – whereas all the Aboriginals can do is happily survive being left in the middle of a vast red-hot desert, equipped with a stick.
Eventually, the new lot of people stopped being Europeans on Extended Holiday and became Australians. The changes are subtle, but deep, caused by the mind-stretching expanses of nothingness and eerie quiet, where a person can sit perfectly still and look deep inside themselves to the core of their essence, their reasons for being, and the necessity of checking inside your boots every morning for fatal surprises. They also picked up the most finely tuned sense of irony in the world, and the Aboriginal gift for making up stories. Be warned.”- Extract from ‘The confusing country’ by Douglas Adams
WE CAME ON ONE WAY TICKETS – ASSISTED BUT UNINVITED. ASSISTED TO LEAVE FROM ONE END AND UNINVITED BY THE OTHER. THE ELECTRONIC QUILL BRINGS YOU TALES OF TIMES BARELY UNDERSTOOD AND DEEPLY ESSENTIAL IN LETTERS IN SAND. DIP IN YOUR QUILL AND CHOOSE YOUR INK. THESE ARE OUR STORIES. THE CONVICT AND THE EMIGRANT AND, ON OCCASION , WE HEAR FROM THAT ALIEN FIGURE – THE ONE WHO CAME FREELY.
THIS IS HOW WE CAME. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED. THIS IS WHAT WE ARE LIKE NOW.
http://electronicquill.wordpress.com/
BROADBAND INTERNET
Muchly confused by the myriad choices available – we might have come to a decision. Perhaps. Most of the so – called internet options are not as they appear. THEY DON’T WORK AT THAT ADDRESS. Seems like one of the TELSTRA ones might. And despite our year long war of the fones – looks like we might take it.
And while I’m at it –
I LOVE THE NEW GOOGLE CHROME.
BROADBAND INTERNET
Muchly confused by the myriad choices available – we might have come to a decision. Perhaps. Most of the so – called internet options are not as they appear. THEY DON’T WORK AT THAT ADDRESS. Seems like one of the TELSTRA ones might. And despite our year long war of the fones – looks like we might take it.
DAY AFTER FATHERS DAY
MY father has been gone since 2005. I liked my Dad. He was a character . A true eccentric. When I taught at Rosewood School in 1970, way down near TUMBARUMBA, the little children called him Colonel Sanders because of his whiskers.
My son is also a father and a very good father of two. He is way up in Armidale so I didn’t see him yesterday so it was mostly Izzy’s fathers’ day for us. A wild one it was too. On child called early morning, then we were off to Tyalgum for a HILLBILLY BLUES BANDITZ gig at the TYALGUM PUB. It was the annual classical music festival there as well. Scrubby, PJ and Izzy for a 4 hour stretch . Tyalgum is out back of MUWILLUMBAH. A tiny village tucked under MT WARNING, Knew how to feed vegetarians so they did. Something we haven’t met with in the Valley lately. MURWILLUMBAH doe it well. Friday night at LUFFLEY CAFE where Iz was playing with SCRUBBY and KEL , the food was astonishing. As for yesterday, I was a little out of place as I usually am in Pubs – due to being a non-drinking 58 year old woman whose man is playing in the band. I did a walk through town. Quaint. Over the oval a choir was classically gorgeous out in the open air. I passed the Hall – where the concerts are held. A few years back, Jim from Lightning Ridge , took me to the piano recital on the first weekend in September. The young boy who had won the Sydney Morning Herald Comp was playing. They say the accoustics of said hall are near perfect. I came on down past the TYALGUM store and the FLUTTERBIES CAFE and PADDINGTON shop. Just about did the town. Then into the pub again. The TYALGUM pub has a pool. Tyalgum and MOOBALL pubs have them. I didn’t swim but have been impressed with the Pools since first I came up here and did a drive around of the area in the early 2000s.
I hid for a couple of hours in the poker machine room which is something I don’t do and won $100 which is something which don’t happen to me so I came out and watched the lads do a few songs. PJ threw his drumstick inadvertently and broke a glass. Another Izzy fan approached him. I haven’t been out and about with anyone of renown till I met Iz. Curiously unnerving it is to have people do the cautious eyeball and the sidewise approach. There is always the moment of uncertainty where – following the ” Aren’t you …… ? “ we wonder whether the encounter is a friendly or unfriendly one. So far there hasn’t been an unfriendly one at all. Smiles break out and old times are discussed. Hands are shaken and children introduced and off we all go to our separate worlds.
Happened again yesterday – a young man who himself is now a musician of renown – and his young daughter. He remembered Narrarra from the 1980s. He did not look old enough to do so but there he was. And again smiles all around and good memories which is what happens when I am out and about with Izzy.
Wrapped the day up with Coles in Murwillumbah and dinner at the newly discovered MALAY THAI at the SERVO heading back to TUMBULGUM from MURBAH. Where the FRUIT SHOP IS. Right on the TWEED RIVER and perhaps almost precisely where the BELLS had their land in the 1800s. $8.90 for VERY good curries and plenty of smiles again.
Home we came over the hills to BILAMBIL to watch DR WHO and midway through the tense excitement of a standing watch of the Doctor – the phone rang. JAMIE. Fathers Day wrapped up very nicely thank you.
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A WETTER ONE THAN THE DAY BEFORE
IN fact yesterday wasn’t wet at all but today is. Not that we mind having sat up all night in Accident and Emergency in TWEED HOSPITAL. Izzy had had a turn so he had. An incident. Always an interesting experience to be sitting at night in hospital watching and waiting. Saw a lot of things there so I did. I did not however take a foto of any of it. Fortunately for me. Across the way from me was a young mother with her son of 10 years age or so. We had all been there for hours – anxious for our loved ones – chilled by the intermittent sweep of air conditioning and automatic opening doors. Tempted by the $1.60 Nescafe coffee machine or the rows of chocolate and chips and soft drinks.
Young Mother approaches TRIAGE counter – asks a simple question – Was that our names the doctor called ?
Assistant behind protective counter replied with “body language” clearly affronted by the Waiting Mother asking any question at all and a statement that doctor would see them in due course and that Young Mother was Rude. Young mother proceeded from her seat to TAKE FOTOS. The TAKING OF FOTOS led to 3 security men and one nursing unit manager appearing behind a second set of screens and all manner of precautions were put into place in case YOUNG MOTHER acted in a manner unbefitting a TWEED HOSPITAL waiting room.
So I am glad I kept the camera secreted in my Crumpler Travelling Bag.
Izzy was seen by a young American doctor dressed in American TV EMERGENCY ROOM uniform. name and details embroidered on the front and a caring, concerned attitude and a demand that Iz stay overnight lest he die or suffer a major disability. The young caring doctor wrote a covering letter to make it clear that we were leaving against his advice and if we did indeed perish – WE HAD BEEN WARNED – in writing. So we came on home and the large spider attempted to enter the Charade en route but failed. Iz slept in an upright position all night in case he DID A PERISH and morning arrived with us both still living and WET WEATHER here hours earlier than predicted.
One of the female doctors last night who was NOT in uniform, wore very high heels. She was tall as it was but added impressive inches to a night in the E.R.
We have had a good deal of wet weather here in Bilambil. 3 years or more I have been here and seen some fine WEATHER EVENTS. Today is one of them. The driving, flooding rains which give me Divine permission to STAY HOME. Even Vodafone is working like real broadband.
Its cold. The heater is on and the rain is falling and all is well. We have the new GOOGLE CHROME browser . Another BETA experience and a pleasure as are the NLA HISTORIC NEWSPAPERS. Time for afternoon repose and memories of other raining times.
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Such as Izzy and Les outside the Bilambil Sports Club after the floods passed through. |
A BETTER DAY THAN THE ONE BEFORE AND THE ONE BEFORE WAS PRETTY GOOD
Having recovered somewhat from my VODAFONE hysteria as I tried to open one simple page and the green light on the “GPRS we are paying $80 a month for high speed and not getting it” modem – I now acknowledge that SPRINGTIME has come here in BILAMBIL and the many ” irons in the fire ” are doing whatever it is that ” irons in the fire” do.
http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/29/messages/1037.html
One reference says it has to do with the blacksmith trade. A skilled blacksmith has “a well-trained apprentice who maintains such control of the bellows and the placement of the irons that each is ready in turn at the anvil and hammer…’Too many irons in the fire’ would mark an inefficient smith or one with an unskilled apprentice. Figurative use of either saying takes us back only to the middle of the sixteenth century.” From “2107 Curious Word Origins, Sayings & Expressions from White Elephants to a Song and Dance” by Charles Earle Funk (Galahad Book, New York, 1993).
Ah. So we have a lot of irons in the fire. Hopefully not TOO many. Anyways some of them are getting really hot. So today we were in Southport at GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY interview rooms in AUSTRALIA FAIR. Interesting indeed. Eating in Cafe Moccacino looking out over the BROADWATER.
The next iron in the fire will take us south to LISMORE on THURSDAY. Giving me a nice variety of meetings as well. I DO like going to NEW places and unknown and doing things I have NEVER done before with people I have never done with them.
There is other MEGA BIG news which is not mine to make public. Then I am going to visit with my own kinfolk again. Cause I have had some mighty lonely lost times this year.
Today’s foto is -
The white house in the middle of the picture – well that’s where we live Izzy and me. Below us are 300 mango trees. Far behind is Mt Warning. The volcanic core of a caldera in Northern NSW. They say there are brown snaked out the back – down towards the Dell. I haven’t been down there.
There is a song on the COAST FM radio station here which I love. It says YOU PROMISED YOU’D BE HERE WHENEVER IT SNOWS.
I like it. There’s a slight drop in the temperature.
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