Romaine arrived wrapped in a spectacular shawl which swirled in deep, rich tones and thick cotton lines sewn together to protect her from the weather and to attract eyes of patchwork admirers, like myself. Costume, combined with voice and broad smile gave Romaine the presence of a magnanimous, impressive character.
With Elliott Wheeler monitoring our whispers and hollers from his studio desk beyond the glass, Romaine and I explored the ways or non ways time decides to exist as – or we decide time to exist as. Time, in Romaine’s view has never been a reality but it is instead a grand imaginary. Making poems makes time and the trees and the water ways take it away. We also yarned about mystery and mountains, Romaine being another Sydney poet (Pam Brown, I’m thinking of) who has ventured into the blue bark.
This was the first interview recorded for our ‘Sustainable Sydney’ pod-casts and time capsules. Part of which we will reveal in October 07 and the rest in 2030.
Just as Romaine was handing me her tangible time capsule component … there was a knock knock and Brook Emery arrived with his neat brown leather satchel …
Always two words, ie. high school
If you’re speaking generally as in
“this is a program for high schools” then it’s lower case;
If you’re referring to a particular school
as in “Penrith High School” then it’s upper
