Zemanta

G'day, I am trialling this new feature.

It is supposed to provide helpful suggestions ?? - not so far.

Then I should be able to click or drag to add them ?? - not so far.

Perhaps, even though I am told to just start writing, I should click the
'Get Inspired' button ?? - here goes !!

Well, the 'Zemanta Assistant' opened revealing -
MEDIA GALLERY - nothing helpful.
RELATED ARTICLES - bloody useless.
IN TEXT LINKS - states, no links found.

After this it all GOT TOO HARD.

Canberra Visit.

Needed a bum break, so pulled off the Expressway into Marulen.
Just by chance chose Meridian Cafe for a brunch break.
Lucky us - Marvellous people, Terrific tucker, Easy conversation with Aly and Bob.
But in addition they support the Arts.
We of the NWG should consider a reading there.
OH ! - nearly forgot - it is Licensed too.
Send an Email - goodfood@meridiancafe.com.au
Have a chat - 02 4841 1126.

Hope you enjoy as much as we did.
Rimeriter.

Establishing links.

Just had a very interesting 'bit of a yarn' with Sue C. our (NWGinc's) webmaster.

She has demonstrated to me as to how I can link to my various electronic sites with one click.

So now, I must get back to it and create a link to this Jim's Jottings site.

" 'ere's 'opin'

Jim's Jottings: Outback Jack - latest news.

Jim's Jottings: Outback Jack - latest news.

Outback Jack - latest news.

Crikey, I hadn't heard from the ol' bushy for over a month. Usually we have a letter goin' both ways each month.
Jack does not have a 'street' address. I mail to him c/o various bush pubs and post offices dependant upon his degree of domestication at any one time.
So I spoke with my contact at Bourke Shire Information office, who informed me 'Jack Bourke' had died !!!!!

Now, I got a bit misty. He's a bloody great ol' bloke- 'salt of the earth' is a common expression for dyed in the wool bushys.

As we discussed the situation I began to realise she was NOT talking about 'My' - Jack Bourke. Further investigation revealed he had not 'fallen off 'is perch' as he often puts it. To confirm this a letter arrived the next day.

This letter includes an invitation to attend the Grand Opening of the Back o' Bourke Exhibition Centre during October 09.

So Jack 'n I will get together beside the Darlin' River and 'Chew the fat' a bit. Might watch the Wedgetails soar over Mt Oxley and visit wildflowers in profusion at the Lednapper Area.

Where Eagles - - -

There’s a road that leads to everywhere
across rolling hills and plains,
by red dirt it is painted
even down flat culvert drains.

It stretches to high mountains
where wide winged eagles soar,
then plunges down to valleys
where mighty rivers roar.

I want to fly with eagles
up high on wings like steel
to bank and wheel in solitude,
to know how eagles feel.

Then swoop into a cloudbank
where crystalled waters go,
to stretch once more my pinions,
to know what eagles know.

(c). Rimeriter.
27/2/09.

A successful Aussie Writer.

Maggie May Gordon
www.countryrhymes.com

For my heart belongs to the outback
To those endless mulga plains
Where the saltbush and the bluebush vie
And the golden wattle reigns.

**************************************

This and much more appears on her Website.
I have acquired a copy of - Jack's Outback - one of her books
along with a few individual pieces.

My comment - "Bloody Beaut".

Price Poster

Jim's Jottings

Aussie Booklets

Topical Rhymes
about
Aussie Times


1. My Australia Series -
this bloody country.

2. Bootin' About Series -
wanderin' west.

3. Roamin' 'round Series -
north and south.

4. Amblin' Around Australia -
bootin' and roamin'

Contact - rimeriter@gmail.com.au
Display - Jim'sJottings.blogspot.com

Aussie Booklets
***
Bootin’ About The Bush
Booklets 1 and 2
Booklet collections of lyrical Aussie Verse.
Third reprint of Book 1 and First Edition Book 2 available $20.00 ea.
*
Following the acceptance of
Bootin’ About The Bush
Jim Spain
has developed a colour series of
Bookettes and Booklets
which are listed on the front of this leaflet.
*
These are available as
Bookettes @ $5.00
Booklets @ $10.00
Deluxe Version @ $15.00 ea.

Personalised Printings as gifts
available on request.

*

A short sample list from more than 500 titles -

My Land. this bloody country. A Road to Everywhere.
*
Amblin' Australia. Kimberley Grandeur. Cable Beach Sunset.
*
Big Sky Country. Outback Jack. 'ad ya chain pulled.
*
My Australia. Aussie Outback. 'Living Legends'
*
Rovin' 'round. This Place. Writing my Rules. Come, sit awhile.
*

Please contact to finalise your selection.
Pre – Orders and payment is required.

Contact - - -
rimeriter@gmail.com.au

Blog Tastybytes

Blogspot Tastybytes

Short excerpts from my various collections over time.



Poets' Lament.


Oh! Why. Oh! Why,
Do only those, skilled at writing practised prose
just about on any theme,
receive recognician from Academe ?

Whilst those of us at grass roots level
continually miss while others revel
in praise and prizes constantly.

???







Rime
of the
Ancient Traveller.

I must go out to the bush again,
in this wide and windswept land,
all I need is the will of old
to travel far overland.
Cross those plains and sandy dunes
to where kestrels and eagles soar.
To see cragged cliffs with beetling brows
and hear - - -

**


Australian
Bushrangers
of the
1800
Era.

Locals were larrikin legends
with their exploits recounted in verse.
They carried out many rich robberies
but never stole a poor womans' purse.
In the latter part of the century
and Australian born and bred
were those once deemed to be heros,
such as Fred Ward, Ben Hall and - - -


- - - the next hill.

the next hill !! the next hill !!
it's just over there.
what's over it ?? what's over it !!
perhaps it does not compare.
There's no way of knowing until you crest
the next hill the next hill
maybe back here is - - - -

January 2009.

Another full year of creative enjoyment before me. Bloody bewdy.
Eventually some bits should appear which have been generated by visiting rellies at Caboolture, Bribie and Mackay in Qld.

Many interesting towns and villages were visited. Did you know we have one named 1770 ?

Should be able to find an un-posted new piece.
Perhaps all will enjoy - May this Birthday.


This piece is copied from the - Occasion Gallerie - Blue Mountains Art, Boulder Colorado.

May this Birthday.

May the sun be out ; may
the sky be blue
May whatever you need
find its way to you
May your favorite people
be right by your side
May they spoil you with attention
and fill your heart with pride

May you have love in your heart
and sweet peace of mind
May everyone you meet
be sensitive and kind
May you embrace your dreams
and bypass the strife
May you look back and ahead
to see the beauty in your life

May the colour of your birthday
be happy and bright
May everything you do
turn out just right
May you celebrate your life
in ways you wont forget
May this birthday be your most
special one yet

~ Donna Fargo

Copyright @ PrimmaDonna Entertainment Corp.
@ Blue Mountains Arts Inc. PO Box 1007, Boulder CO 80306.
Website www.spa.com - Notecard poetry is welcome.

Outback Jack the Tall Tale Teller.

This is a booklet publication I have been working on for best part of some time!

It began probably ten years past whilst I was out Bootin' about the Bush.
I met a bloke out West. His name is Jack Bourke, but I met him in Goolgowi down Hillston way.
He introduced me to wire nettin' waterbags?
We have corresponded regularly since and met a few more times when I have been Roamin' 'round.

Should you want more details, send an email to me - rimeriter@gmail.com - and I will attach a contents list to my reply.

New Publications.

Many hours have been expended since my previous posting, creating publications.

Once again, many hours of enjoyment. With perhaps, some frustration.

Jim's Jottings are now grouped with four sub headings -
1. My Australia Series - an introduction.
2. Bootin' About Series - wanderin' west.
3. Roamin' 'round - north and south.
4. Amblin' Around Australia - bootin' and roamin'

They are available in hard cover colour copies as Bookettes or Booklets.

When you are ready to obtain a sample, send a request via rimeriter@gmail.com.au

Bootin' About The Bush, third reprint of second edition @ $10.00 each.
Series 1 through 4 as personalised, bound colour copies @ $3.00 or $5.00 each.

Single A4 pages of Modern Rhymes about Aussie Times
with unique Full Colour graphics @ $2.00 each.
or basic Black and White @ !.00 apiece.

Personalised Booklets available as requested.

Pre - orders would be nice . . .

Rimeriter's Research.

Following ten years of enjoyment since retirement brought about by - travelln' and findn' reasons to rhyme, I decided to reflect on that which I have achieved.
My quest is aided by OLOM, which is a separate saga.
He, It, She is an iMac with many supportive features.
I began by translating my WriteNow records into Appleword. During the previous years all were saved on 1.44mb Floppies. Time had come to modernise to CD and Memstick.
This task revealed the following interesting details, well at least to me.
Total eleven discs, each retains a particular named collection, with a total of 582 items.

My current task, along with creating new work, is to revise older pieces, hopefully improve them, print them to my WordArt format then -
consider the future.

Ahh ! the enjoyment continues,

Isolated Outback.

Aussie Outback.

Rough and rugged winding coastline, between the oceans and the sea,
lost and lonely is the Outback, lacking sustenance to share.

Arid Plains and Ancient Mountains, in a land remote and free,
our Australian Island Continent has an Outback sparse and bare.

Duned and stoney in the centre, fine grained sands and stones so red,
stained with ochre, sifted softly through the Dreamtime endlessly.

River channels, seldom water. Dry salt lake beds. Wildlifes dread.
Monoliths and quartzite outcrops being sculpted, ceaselessly.

Spinifex. Pincushion patches. Tombstones, worn from sandy shale. Giant wheel ruts of the Ages. Meandering waterless dry bed streams

Bleached dry bones in natures grave site. Moon at night provides the pale.
Old and ancient. Myths and Legends. Born in mist. Retained in Dreams.

The Red Centre. Australia’s Heartland.
Forlorn face in need of Rest.
Enjoy her beauty with her splendour
Our Island Continent.
The very Best.

(c). Rimeriter. 11/2/00.
Translated from WriteNow 26/4/07.

Another 'Reason to Rhyme'

Recently returned from a short journey from Bribie Island through southern Queensland.
One of many marvellous experiences was to stand 'on the banks of the Condamine'.
There is a very well known verse with the title highlighted above. When time permits, I will post it to the blog along with a short burst of rhyme it caused me to compose.

A short piece in the saga of Outback (Bindii) Jack

dancin’ down the Darlin’ - -


Did ya see the rain’s been fallin’
out near the back o’ Bourke
that’s where Outback Jack is livin’
now ‘e doesn’t work.

He’s retired in a village
somewhere in the town
where the lack of rain’s
been makin’ - everybody frown.

I saw it dancin’ down the Darling
last night on TV,
a lady just near Budda
thought it might reach her knee.

It was still an early trickle,
but flowin’ fairly fast,
she had a paddle in it
as it went wanderin’ past,
makin’ for the Murray
which might allow those Silver Perch
to swim upstream to Jack’s place
so ‘e wont ‘ave to search.


(c). Rimeriter.
8/6/07

Initial Webwalk using Apple iMac

Following set up with planet Pre-paid - registering with Apple and Epson, making numerous password errors, editing the existing gmail account which I thought may well have been cancelled after such a long time, now at blogger - time is 12.02am.

Jim's Jottings Bookmarks

In conjunction with a lovely lady, Cathy Sayer by name, I am producing a bookmark to use as an advertising medium.
Cathy is a practising calligraphist. She has developed the face 'side' for me.
On the rear will be details of my various copyright collections which will include my blogspot title.
Should you be interested in obtaining some, please contact me electronically by telephoning Sydney - 02 9724 3442.

Ol'Mick.

When I was a boy a a dog old and true

lived by the creek with us and as I grew

became very much loved as my only play friend,

so in memory he does until my end.

His master, my brother away ploughing hard ground,

just me and my mother aware of each sound,

the times were Depression, each shilling hard won.

My brother, Mick's master - the eldest son.

My father just missing while chasing good work.

My sisters their schooling were not able to shirk

until coming of age for courtship and marriage,

no silvery slippers or a golden carriage.

So Mick was our guardian as well as a friend

should there be a danger ol'Mick would soon send

a message by barking and snarling real loud

whether rain was upon us or nary a cloud.

This day as so happened, no cloud in the sky,

a Goanna came seeking feathered chicken pie,

ol' Mick was defending our wired coop and run

by dashing and snapping - it was his day in the sun.

My mother soon joined him, I stood at her side

throwing sticks and stones while glowing with pride

at Mick and his anger at Goanna stealing eggs

until this daylight robber ran off on short legs.

He got to the main road not feeling much pain,

sidled over the edge down into storm drain,

safe and secure when then in the night

made off into the bush to recover from fright.

(c). Rimeriter. 14/12/06.

Jim's Jottings - Blogspot Tastybytes

Short excerpts from various collections over time

Poets' Lament.

Oh! Why Oh! Why

do only those

versed at writing practised prose

just about on any theme recieve recognition from Academe.

Whilst those of us at grass level continually miss whilst others revel

in praise and prizes constantly.

*

Rime of the Ancient Traveller.

(4 or 5 stanzas in total)

I Must

go out to the bush again, in this wide and windswept land

and all I need is the will of old to travel far overland.

Cross those plains and sandy dunes, to where kestrels and eagles soar,

to see cragged cliffs with beetling brows and -----------

*

Australian Bushrangers

of the

1800 Era.

(3 stanzas in total)

Locals were larrikin legends with their exploits recounted in verse,

carried out many rich robberies but never stole, a poor woman's purse.

In the latter part of the century --------------------

were those deemed to be heroes ------------------------------

*

------ the next hill.

(5 stanzas in total)

the next hill !! the next hill !!

it's just over there,

what's over it ?? what's over it ??

- perhaps it does not compare.

There's no way of knowing, until you crest

the next hill, the next hill - maybe ----------

*

Lay of a Lonely Bugler.

(5 stanzas in total)

A bugler stood on a lonely hill,

as soldiers do as buglers will

to sound those notes of a final post

for comrades lost he rests there still.

-----------------------

---------------------------------

*

Three Women

- in transit.

(6 stanzas in total)

Travelling the western line to the city was when I happened to see

a young woman on Redfern Station, the very first one of the three.

Draped alongside a lamp post, which is ornate - of old world charm -

she complemented the style and shape. Certainly did it no harm.

A dress possibly of the forties, full length, flouncy and flared

--------------------- it was obvious ---------------------

Her hair fixed in a bun-knot ----------------------------

----------------------------------------------------. And a sunshade in a furl.

*

Tough Enough ?

(5 in total)

Tough ? Tough as an ol' boot !

With a story to tell, the ol' galoot

sittin' there in 'is bush rockin' chair.

Thinkin' of the times --------

---------------------------

---------------------------

but, memories of long ago -----------

*

Terse Tales and Wise Words.

Education starts early. Knowledge comes far too late.

To be rich and compassionate, first you must be poor and penniless.

Good, I've got the first part right ?

Educatiion has taught me that there are more important things than what's going on.

How happy is the moron ? He doesn't give a damn.

I wish I were a moron. My god, perhaps I am.

*

Pricing Details.

Bootin' about the Bush - a published collection of bush verse.

Second Edition - Second Reprint - $15.00.

My Australia - single A4 page with unique black & white graphics - $2.00 each.

Rovin' Round - single A4 page wioth unique full colour graphics - $3.00 each.

Special requirements - Subject to discussion.

Amblin' Around Australia - Colour Booklet to be released 2007.

Available now in individual A4 sheets - $3.00 each.

Special requirements - Subject to discussion.