Tag: Memoir

Landscape by Patrick JenningsJun 28, 20158:13 am

Rollling Hills, The Mereenie Loop, Near Gosse Bluff, Northern Territory, Australia

The Wide Ochre Land

I’ve heard it famously referred to as the wide brown land, but to me it is an expanse of ochre and red, tones more descriptive of its character. Australia is a rich land, but not overly saturated. Intense, but not glaring. One goes to ground here, becomes part of the earth, lives at a walker’s pace. Immersed in a hot bath of air, the heat fills my lungs, reddens my flesh, soothes my spirit.

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 15, 20157:00 am

Gateways

“Travelling South East Asia,” he said
“You’ll wake up every morning
And have no idea
What the day will bring.”

Olympus OM-2 by Patrick JenningsJun 11, 20156:50 am

Don’t touch that!

“Patrick! Don’t touch that!”

After which two things happened: I looked at my mother, and I touched it.

Olympus OM-2 by Patrick JenningsMay 24, 20157:00 am

Black Sand Basin

The earth heaves up boiling water and steam, and from these mist coalesces, drifts with the light wind. We walk out over the simmering pools lined with vibrantly coloured minerals and flecked with obsidian, giving the basin its name. Vapour rises all around us. Every now and again, a burst of trapped air escapes, jetting sprays of searingly hot water well above our heads, and fortunately well away from the viewing platform built right over the bubbling land.

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