ephemera

last thoughts on ashfield : you’ve got ashfield, belfield, enfield, and strathfield – so what happened to canterfield?

future ashfield artists in residence looking for peace and quiet please note : when it’s not raining pratten park is a hive of activities morning noon and night : tennis, soccer training and matches and during the holidays hordes of enthusiastic budding tennis players descend on the courts to receive coaching – when there are no matches and there is no training, the grass has to be mown and other maintenance and repair work has to be carried out – and yay ashfield council has decided the winter months would be ideal for the demolishing of the old stand on the oval and their central services department like to get an early start – ah but wait you say, at three o clock in the morning it is surely quiet … no not necessarily, because this is the time when groups of young drinkers use the oval for drinking parties

on the other hand you’ll see some great (very quiet!) tai chi demonstrations if you get up early and if you are in need of coffee decolata in summer hill is less than twenty minutes walk away and you can pick up a french pudding or a pear and ricotta tart at the patisserie whilst you are there and … read more

anyway i am home : i love my little house and the quiet streets and the flocks of screeching white cockatoos in the frosty morning and the taste of the water and the wireless slow as hell adsl which is better than dial up any day