Monthly Archives: April 2011

autochthony

Posted on April 29, 2011 by rustichello

One of the amazing things about children is that for a while you think they are copies of yourself and your partner, equally burdened by flaws and weaknesses, and usually failing to realise the skills and abilities we think they … Continue reading →

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is a dream a lie if it don’t come true, or is it something worse?

Posted on April 27, 2011 by rustichello

So I won’t be going to the Falklands. There are a number of reasons, mostly to do with cash and the expense of getting myself across the Pacific and then halfway across the Atlantic. I could spend a lot of … Continue reading →

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Grumplestiltskin

Posted on April 18, 2011 by rustichello

I didn’t achieve my goal. Not yet at any rate. I ran 4.8ks on Friday morning and felt okay about not quite breaking through the five kilometres in thirty minutes barrier. It shits me but that’s why I’ll keep trying. … Continue reading →

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I am a runner and I am my father’s son

Posted on April 14, 2011 by rustichello

So the preparation for the Falklands expedition continues. Some of the preparation is quite fun: the catalogues of camping equipment; the testing of purchases; the imagining of myself on the peat bog slogging forward. Some of the preparation, most notably … Continue reading →

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Snow Leopard Blues

Posted on April 13, 2011 by rustichello

Reading Peter Matthiessen’s work is a workout for me. I struggle with his slowness, his deliberation, his pacing and his meditative thoughtfulness. It is these, I think, that give his oeuvre its nuanced particularity and it for this reason I … Continue reading →

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what is the deal with…

Posted on April 12, 2011 by rustichello

mashed avocado all over sandwiches? You buy a salad roll and it is chock full of slightly past it avocado, you buy a cheese and tomato sanger and it’s buttered with the stuff. I don’t get it. I don’t like … Continue reading →

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those that ask

Posted on April 8, 2011 by rustichello

When I was little my Dad would go through a little ritual with me when I’d ask for something. “Those that ask don’t get,” he’d say, “and those that don’t ask don’t want.” Tiny Rustichello asked a few times how … Continue reading →

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we all walk the long road

Posted on April 6, 2011 by rustichello

So Kristina is gone, not unjustly but there’s some sadness there. And Ricky Ponting too. It is easier to like them both now they aren’t in charge of anything. Sometimes I have this moment, walking down the street, sitting on … Continue reading →

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