Kirsty Eagar

Friday!

Kirsty — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 23:05:55 +0000

Are you feelin’ it?

EODM

Kirsty — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 03:08:28 +0000

Always make me laugh – gotta love that.

Tinsel town in the rain

Kirsty — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 21:51:24 +0000

Addicted to this. His voice …

Great cover

Kirsty — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 21:24:41 +0000

This one’s for Gita P.

What you do when there are no banks

Kirsty — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 23:24:59 +0000

Banks, in this case, referring to the sand formations that cause waves to break – not the institutions; they have governments making sure they don’t disappear. We haven’t had any banks around here for … um … I don’t know, not since some big storm swells gobbled them up weeks ago. Since then, every day’s been a shorebreak party, which was fun for a while – fast, one-turn waves, no paddle, the line-up spread out … But it only works when there’s swell. Now there’s no swell.

So. I bought myself a new board. Thank you Powerlinez (great store, great advice – in case you happen to be northern beaches based). It’s another Psillakis. My last board was a Psillakis, too, but this one’s an inch shorter: 5.10 x 18.7/8 x 2.1/4 (the Gypsy model). I like the extra width for paddling, but it’s still zingy. My roofing guy also bought a Psillakis, and he loved his, too, so two out of two people surveyed say ‘thumbs up’. And Psillakis hand shapes. Call me old fashioned, but I like the idea of a board being hand shaped. There’s an energy transfer there somewhere …

Then, I gave my girls some Posca pens. They are very young. They have a lot of energy. They were listening to Macklemore. They did one side; I did the other (poems, quotes, lyrics to contemplate if I’m feeling that way inclined). I like theirs the best.

More thanking

Kirsty — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 23:38:22 +0000

While we’re on the subject of thanks – this song goes out to Angie – thanks for your support!

PS And thanks to Adele for taking things over to the States in the first place (Adele’s already had a song); and to Sonia for passing it on.

Newington Literary Festival

Kirsty — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 23:09:39 +0000

Big shout out to the organisers of the Newington Literary Festival. Thanks for including me this year – it was a privilege to be there. Especial thanks to Ann Jagger, Sabine Tanase, Wendy Hardy and Sebastian! And, as ever, thanks to the students for listening, creating, and bringing good energy … and I must give a standalone shout out to the grade sevens for sharing their own scary stories … and to Charlie the Educator (aka Charlie Thomson) for sharing his thoughts on creativity, parenting and music …

That’s a lot of thanking – what a nice way to come back online after a break.

Here’s a snap of Randa Abdel-Fattah, human dynamo, and me at the festival.

Silence

Kirsty — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 04:38:01 +0000

Can be good. I’m off to work in it for a while. But before I go, I wanted to wish you guys a merry Christmas and a happy 2013. Thanks for reading, thanks for your emails, thanks for sharing the work. And while we’re on the topic of silence, I found this really helpful. Maybe some of you will, too.

Little uplift

Kirsty — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:51:48 +0000

Needed around here. Love this as much as the album version.

Kirsty — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 00:29:00 +0000