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Realm of Faerie Finn ~ Breakers Club, Wamberal May 1
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Brackets and Jam Kincumba Mountain 17-12-10
Click to see on Youtube:
Gnostic Forest Musical Poetry Recital 17-11-10
Accompanied by Ananda Robert
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The Rise Up FUND RAISER CONCERT FOR COASTSHELTER ON WORLD HOMELESS DAY 10/10/10 The Rhythm Hut, Gosford, Australia
Accompanied by Greg Cole on guitar, and Michael Glover on drum
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Recorded & Interviewed by Eastside FM Radio
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Footage from The Happy Herb Shop event June 20 follows below
Part 1:
Part 2:
Please have a look at two of 15 poems i recited at Brackets and Jam accompanied by Greg Cole on guitar, and Michael Glover on drum ~ two amazing musicians... shown in the following youtube clips:
Brackets & Jam by The Lake:
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Here's a great slideshow of the night's entertainment:
www.flickr.com/photos/widemus/sets/72157623587954687/show/
Accompanied by amazing Michael Glover on drum, and brilliant Greg Cole on guitar!
Pyschic Fair 28 Feburary 2010... Love & Serendipity
Accompanied by Michael Glover on drum
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November Sunday Chill Out... Love & Serendipity
accompanied by Daniel Shead on guitar...
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Please have a look at one (of 15 poems) and a part of another (from my Loving All poetry book called, Interesting Feeling), I recited at the first Sunday Chill Out, in Gosford! The last clip runs two minutes and shows all the performers! i am accompanied from Glenn from the incredible band Out of the Blue... shown in the following youtube clips:
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Brackets and Jam June 2009
Here's a slideshow of the performers on the night:
www.flickr.com/photos/widemus//sets/72157619596812993/show
My first musical poetry performance
Accompanied by wonderful Ananda Robert Sunbird
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An event in honour of the magnificent whales passing by our shores at this time...
A day of Live music with drumming, singing, Whale Talks, Conservation Displays, Guest Speakers. I presented the following poem, as well a Steve Irwin poem... link below
Humpback Magic
Humpback magic
Precious giant mystery
Supreme mammal swimming sublime
Massive accurate movements
Graceful
Delicate
Refined
Gliding smoothly sailing
Deeply trusting in humankind
Dreaming, oh she’s dreaming
Of safely swimming her rhyme
Dreaming, yes she’s dreaming
Freedom songs heard by you and I
Also read Steve Irwin: A Whale of a Man poem.... i wrote Humpback Magic on the day Steve moved on... before even hearing the news! Poem is wonderfully on the following link.
www.whaletailschips.com/irwin.html
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Photos of classes taken at local primary schools... reading my Come Fly with Me children's stories; conducting meditation; and happily discussing life
Empire Bay Primary School July 2007
Umina Primary School 2005-2006
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Children's Story
Come Fly with Me
Sarah and Paul never saw her walking. They had recently moved opposite the woman who was either sitting or being carried but never walking. Usually she just sat in a chair, and although she seemed happy, neither of them could imagine what staying still all day must be like. “Do you think she can dance?” Sarah and Paul asked their Mum. She didn’t know but she suggested that they go and ask her themselves.
Lillie and Sam, from next door, were playing chasing games between the two houses and ran into Sarah and Paul.
“Hello there! That was close! We’re going to see that girl to find out why she doesn’t walk. Do you want to come?” Sarah asked.
Sam was being tackled by Paul as she spoke.
“Oh yes! Mummy can we go across the road to visit the lady with the cats?” Lillie called to her Mum who was weeding the garden.
“Yes, but look out for cars, and don’t stay too long!”
The four children carefully crossed the street, and eagerly ran up the lady’s pathway, excited also by the possibility of meeting her ginger cats!
A rich aroma surrounded them, perfumes flowing from a garden full of pretty flowers and plants located at the side of the house. Suddenly the ginger cat with its great big face and bright green eyes bounded out of the bushes. He was so big and friendly that the children thought he behaved more like a dog. Another cat, equally beautiful, but smaller, was perched on the wall, watching every movement, safely out of the children’s reach.
After petting the big cat, the children knocked on the front door.
‘Hello kids’ Daisy said with a welcoming smile. The big ginger cat pushed in front of the children and rubbed against her legs. As she stroked him, Daisy told the children that his name was Angel and he was Ruby’s best friend! The smaller ginger cat came for some attention as well, and the children were told that her name was Precious and that she was Angel’s girlfriend.
"Is Ruby your daughter?" Paul asked.
"Yes. She is in her room if you’d like to visit her" said Daisy.
The children followed Daisy through the lounge. Ruby’s room was enchanting. They were amazed by the colours and the decorations. Sarah loved the vibrant materials on Ruby’s bed and hanging from the walls, Paul was absorbed by the striking posters, while Lillie and Sam looked at the crystals in the bookcase full of treasures. On tables and in corners were charms and ornaments that beckoned. Ruby told them that she had collected many treasures while travelling around the world, others her Dad had found during his travels. Ruby’s room was fascinating.
Ruby was sitting on a purple cushion next to the window. She greeted them with a smile just as she had when she sat in the front yard.
Paul turned to her and asked, "Why don’t you walk"?
Ruby smiled and looked out of the window. "Because I use my imagination to fly instead", she replied, adding, "my favourite place to visit is that mountain over there". She pointed at the same mountain they could see from their own houses. They all liked living near it because there was a waterfall on either side. In heavy rain, one waterfall roared like thunder, while the other poured swiftly into a stream. And there were caves in that mountain. In warm weather, their parents sometimes took the children to see the aboriginal cave paintings. Often they would take a picnic lunch and it felt as if they were living back in the olden times, when caves were homes.
Ruby explained that using her imagination she could fly with the birds, and rest on the branches of trees, and chat with the other birds that visited their neighbourhood! "The kookaburras laugh, the white cockatoos clown around, while the magpies yodel, and the eagles fly high overhead. I especially love flying with the black cockatoos as they travel around the mountain, wailing and crying as if they are lost." I asked them why they sound so sad. They just sighed, "We’re not sad, that’s our song, it’s how we get along!"
"I come home refreshed by my connection with nature." Ruby told the children. "So much is happening out there all the time. If I don’t feel like flying, I close my eyes, and feel the wonderful sense of being alive! The same vibrations inside every bird are inside you too my friends". Ruby closed her eyes for a few moments, and then asked, "Do you want to close your eyes and feel them too?"
"Yes please!" the children sang out gathering around. Ruby sat crossed-legged while they positioned their bodies the same way.
"Now, be very quiet, breathe naturally, and feel your heart beating"’ said Ruby. "Can you feel it?" When the children nodded she continued: "There are sensations in your head, and in your arms, legs, fingers and toes! Can you feel them? The buzzing, the music – everything is pulsating with life!" Before they opened their eyes, Ruby asked them to listen carefully to the sounds of the world outside.
Everything seemed so loud. The postman’s motorbike was especially noisy, as well as the cars, and even the ocean pounding her waves upon the rocks and shore.
"The sea seemed so near!" Sarah exclaimed, opening her eyes.
"And, I didn’t realize that so much was happening inside!"
"Do you feel all those things too Ruby?" asked Paul.
"I do" Ruby replied, "and it’s all going on whether you’re walking or not! That’s why I fly as often as possible, to feed my imagination. Your imagination is always there, ready and waiting. You can use yours to connect with the world of nature. Its such fun to discover that you can be as free as you imagine … even freer than the birds!"
Sarah smiled. "Can we come back another day and close our eyes with you some more Ruby? We love imagining with you! Next time perhaps we could visit some different places"?
Ruby laughed, "You sure can my friends; we will fly to our heart’s delight!"
When they got home, Sarah and Paul realised that they could not tell their mother why Ruby couldn’t walk. They did not need to know anymore, because now they knew that she flew instead. And she was teaching them to fly too! That was the best fun they could imagine. Maybe next time they would ask Ruby about walking … but only maybe, because being able to fly seemed far more important!
Copyright © 2005 Suzie Palmer
For more short stories from the Come Fly with Me series please visit the short stories section in Suzie's page at: Authorsden.com
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