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Sister Janet, Who Art In Heaven
Jesus Christ, Superstar, Jason and his Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Godspell – the Lord with a capital ‘L’ was back in town in the 70s...

JANE CLIFTON
Jan 28, 20222 min read
Mallacoota road
An emotional journey it was. All along the highway of Princes, through the Sale and the Yarragon not tarragon and Bairnsdale of the...

JANE CLIFTON
Jan 14, 20222 min read
End of Lockdown (auspicious date, that 21/10/21)
October 21 slide the lock turn back the clock to free to how it used to be well…. not really but it will have to do we knew this day...

JANE CLIFTON
Oct 22, 20211 min read
Small ceremonies
In these challenging times of limited celebrations, we seem to be drawn even more strongly by the need for ritual. Spread mayhem and...

JANE CLIFTON
Oct 18, 20212 min read
Lest We Forget
September 22 Quaker rumble crunch the walls are shaking and the ceiling I lie quaking as the world rocks to an end the noise the noise...

JANE CLIFTON
Sep 24, 20211 min read
Ode to Footy
September 21st, 2018 FINALLY young men at their peak smooth-cheeked this day will not repeat this prime of life each muscle sleek and...

JANE CLIFTON
Sep 10, 20211 min read
Milk, Milk, Lemonade
August 24th Milk, Milk, Lemonade time comes when you gotta decide you do need milk fresh milk but do you really need that milk? is...

JANE CLIFTON
Aug 24, 20211 min read
Testing....
June 1 Testing, Testing in the queue it’s just a little sniffle minor a-tishoo! but you gotta go you talk the talk you walk the walk,...

JANE CLIFTON
Jun 2, 20211 min read
May 27 - Blitzkrieg
London in the blitz we are masked up and gone to ground the siren sound of ABC updates and we are back to Rachel and the cronies lobbing...

JANE CLIFTON
May 28, 20211 min read
Second-night down, luvvy...
WANING I know how the moon feels tonight yesterday’s superstar in the spotlight every neck craning for a view of beautiful clever...

JANE CLIFTON
May 28, 20211 min read
For the moon, from moons ago...
IN THE PINK AND BLUE AND SUPER no wonder humans had to make up god how else could they explain a sky like that? the great white ball...

JANE CLIFTON
May 27, 20211 min read
Kicking Against the Pricks
May 19 short memory (must have a …) this time last year doors barred and bolted faces masked expressions halted silent highways empty...

JANE CLIFTON
May 19, 20211 min read
VAX et PAX
shield maiden, I tiny prick a pink a puncture needle eye and you are in the wall a brick against the fall of all we know and love tiny...

JANE CLIFTON
May 4, 20211 min read
Rocky Road recipe
ROCKY ROAD - as shared to me by Justine Sloane-Lees Ingredients 2 or 3 blocks 250gram chocolate (whatever colour) Marshmallows – cut into...

JANE CLIFTON
Dec 22, 20201 min read
ANGRY BIRD
Oct 29 ANGRY BIRD angry all the time it’s exhausting debilitating frustrating infuriating angry at stupidity duplicity fuqwittery...

JANE CLIFTON
Oct 29, 20201 min read
SAD FACE
Oct 20 Sad Face muzzled for life now the sun is out it feels unnatural science-fictional a Jetson kinda world that none of us...

JANE CLIFTON
Oct 20, 20201 min read
LITTLE STEPS
Oct 19 Little Steps fill the tank and before you know it you are far away beyond the 5k limit and it’s heady all that freedom that...

JANE CLIFTON
Oct 20, 20201 min read
IN PRAISE OF INSTA
Oct 14 In Praise of Insta friends’ gardens a rose a tulip spray of lilac autumn leaves of burnished gold now falling and renewed with...

JANE CLIFTON
Oct 14, 20201 min read
IN A HOLDING PATTERN
Oct 10 Marking time wishing our lives away we are flat-chat in the race March becomes July another week another bleak prospect of...

JANE CLIFTON
Oct 10, 20201 min read
GET WELL SOON-ish...
July 17th THE LAST TRUMP a toddler at the head of state our fate subject to baby needs seems fitting in this world of toddlers, twats and...

JANE CLIFTON
Oct 5, 20201 min read
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