• the bittersweetness of a greying dog’s 11th birthday
• nervously enjoying a week of summer weather in the middle of autumn
• bearing witness to nihilistic, might-as-well-have-fun-while-the-world-burns self-destruction
• taking part in nihilistic, might-as-well-have-fun-while-the-world-burns self-destruction
• social anxiety and social satisfaction
• buckling with fear watching fascism take hold
• the full moon
• the existential relief of walking away from Instagram
• a book about people and trees
• a (penetrable) privilege bubble during a cost of living crisis / stock market crash / looming recession
• missing the big sky
• 12 tiny scented candles
• a kelpie barking in the distance
• 2 White Monsters
• Arabia Ware
• food food food food food food food foooooood
• being surrounded by kangaroos at dusk
• Shrimp Quartet
• WFH and WFO
• “the soil was better at our old place, if there’s a depression we’re gonna wish we stayed and farmed it”
• “I can’t believe we live here”
• “why are you so hot?”
• “look at the cat! look at how cute he is!”
• “I’m a color genius”
• The Six of Cups
• vague texts, trembling from fear, long drives, hospital, relief
• noisy miners, king parrots, Eastern rosellas, kookaburras
• laughing to the point of tears
• unrelenting ass-grabbing
• “we really need to unpack”