My Stories
Philosopher Alain de Botton in Brisbane
''You don’t know Australia. Australia was invented for you by the news.’’ Alain de Botton, author of Religion for Atheists, speaking in Brisbane....
The importance of names, or, getting to know urban wildlife
''Naming things gives you some familiarity with it so it’s not just always strange and odd.’’ Associate Professor Darryl Jones, Griffith University...
Caught between places: on home and belonging
''Each displacement serves as a reminder of those homes where one does not dwell at present.’’ Susan Ossman, Moving Matters: Paths of Serial...
It’s not Down Under, it’s Upside-Down Under
''Every moment now made one sweat profusely, and once wet one’s clothes stayed wet for a long time.’’ Nevil Shute, In the Wet There is a...
Building a relationship with nature, or the naming of things
Click Click. My chiropractor works away at my stiff neck. ''You know, you shouldn’t feel bad. A lot of Australians don’t know the names of...
Listening for the voice of belonging
''How can you understand the planet without walking upon it, sampling its marvels one by one, and then floating high above it, to see it all in a...
Walking with Nana in the Blue Mountains
“But in every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.” John Muir Steep Trails On my last day at Varuna in the Blue Mountains, I...
Can I make myself belong, or do I have to find it?
This is an experiment, a study. It’s not grandiose. It’s not done with flow charts and decades of data. There is no power point presentation. Do I...
‘Straya Day
I’m at war with the journalist inside me. Facts only, it shouts. No opinions, no personal anecdotes. But that’s the interesting stuff, I whisper...
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Kirsten Fogg
WRITER OUT OF RESIDENCE
