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Sabrina Simpson's avatar

I loved this post Prue: loved going for the walk with, and learning its parallel history, and, of course all the wildlife. Your words were a very lyrical way to welcome in the day. I tuned on the bird recording and at the same time had our local birds singing outside: it was fantastic!

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Elizabeth Beggins's avatar

Prue, it does my heart so much good to walk with you on these "pilgrimages." This week, my Sydney-resident daughter is here in the States with me, but it wasn't two weeks ago that she saw her first wombat, while at a little Air BnB away from the city. She's been hoping for a sighting since she arrived! And, here's yours, up close and cuddly. Your steps help me imagine hers, and vice versa.

I bought a pack of Anzacs while I was there a year ago and was totally smitten. Thank you for the recipe, which I may have to try tomorrow!

This, though, melted my heart: "Meanwhile, as a descendant of one such convict, I thanked the stars for my ancestor’s misdemeanour because without it, I wouldn’t be who I am and I wouldn’t have stood on the white sands of that ark of an island, walking briefly in his shoes."

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