Monthly Archives: June 2013

A Jar of Honey

Posted on June 30, 2013 by ruth arnison

A Jar of Honey You hold it like a lit bulb, a pound of light, and swivel the stunned glow around the fat glass sides: it’s the sun, all flesh and no bones, but for the floating knuckle of honeycomb. … Continue reading →

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A forgotten box of pastels

Posted on June 28, 2013 by ruth arnison

I seem to have been trying to write a decent artist blurb for the last 20 years. I’ll give it another go……….. To read this very decent blurb just click on The Artists, and select Mike Glover.

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A Few Words on the Closing of The Cook

Posted on June 26, 2013 by ruth arnison

Goodbye to Heavenly Bodies, & Chris Knox’s toothy snarl in your face; Goodbye to those fresh faces & the boy With the purple guitar, Click on The Poets and select Richard Langston to read a few more words on the … Continue reading →

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Aprons’n things

Posted on June 25, 2013 by ruth arnison

Being an inquisitive person I knocked, and wandered in. Well open doors are so inviting aren’t they! Click on The Artists and select Pamela Brown to find out what happened next.

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Portable poetry

Posted on June 20, 2013 by ruth arnison

I have to remind myself not to keep talking about them all the time to everyone, and then I discover…………… Click on The Poets and select Anna Jackson if you’d like to read two of Anna’s poems, see who her … Continue reading →

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It’s love isn’t it

Posted on June 17, 2013 by ruth arnison

“If you were to ask Mum what she would have done differently if she were to live her life over she would have said …… Click on The Poets and select Meg Campbell to find out what Meg would have … Continue reading →

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Tell you what

Posted on June 15, 2013 by ruth arnison

Tell you what, how about clicking on The Artists and selecting Kate Fitzharris.

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Yak dung, Goat’s cheese and Art

Posted on June 10, 2013 by ruth arnison

Well all the locals had headed down the mountains to escape the coldest weather. So we stayed in yak huts, burning yak dung for warmth. We saw a black bear when we wandered off the path once……. Click on The … Continue reading →

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Granity girl

Posted on June 6, 2013 by ruth arnison

Well, first step….. I’ve just downloaded your questions and will make a start over the weekend and in between dog ‘n chooks ‘n walks on the beach ‘n studio ‘n bicycle rides ‘n work in Westport. Ahhhh life is wonderful! … Continue reading →

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September 22

Posted on June 4, 2013 by ruth arnison

SAVE THIS DATE NOW! It’s our fifth birthday in September and we’re celebrating!!!! Poems in the Waiting Room presents Questions and Artists Sunday 22nd September from 1.30 -3.00pm Bellamys Gallery, Macandrew Bay, Dunedin. Pauline Bellamy, Claire Beynon, Laura Gregory, Peter … Continue reading →

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