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By Tim Darby How do you feel about sequels? As an avid reader, when I find that a book I’ve enjoyed has a second book to follow, I get really excited. I start day dreaming about long winter evenings reading, wrapped in a cocoon of warm fluffy doonas and steamy hot chocolate being transported to…
I generally admire people who manage to be punctual but when I got the call telling me that the sales rep would be late it didn’t actually bother me at all, in fact it actually put a smile on my dial. You see I didn’t want to see a sales rep at all. I don’t…
What did you expect? or Despair , Transformation and Creativity in an Age of Environmental Collapse By Tim Darby OK. I admit it. For most of the last month I’ve been feeling really miserable. What do you expect? I’m working on a community based program (Living Smart) getting people to think about the environmental impact…
Flicking through a local paper a while ago I came across an ad calling for five community representatives to be involved in an economic development working group to “deliver an economic development strategy … to grow Fremantle’s economy with a focus on increasing employment … and the number of businesses in Fremantle.” After due consideration I don’t think I…
Finding the Right Holiday Accommodation for You ( Or Always Brush Your Teeth After Eating Wasabi) So let me ask you a personal question. Do you like wasabi? No, seriously, tell me the truth – I can take it. I won’t judge you as a wasabi wuss if you don’t. Personally, I can’t stand it. …
(We got this email from a guest who has come to stay with us a few times. I thought I would share it) My husband and I have stayed at the Painted Fish many times before, in all of the accommodation options: the Carriage, the Cottage and the Studio. I can’t decide which one I…
Join us in a mass pledge to recycle refashion and upcycle your clothes! Twenty plus Living Smarties had a hoot Wednesday night at the Sustainable Clothing session presented by Lesley Thomas and Kerri Barrie. There was a lively trade in clothes and fabrics to swap and lots of discussion about what we could do to take…
Date: A Sunday afternoon in May 2009 Place: A couch in a house in the Kimberley Desert She said: Will you marry me? He said: Yes. She said: Where? He said: The Painted Fish? She said: Yeah! Six months later, after a move to East Timor and some long-distance planning with Tim & Shani… Date: 28…
A report on the last Living Smartie night – Vacola preserving, freezing, jams and drying Written by Susie and Jess (and a big thanks to them from Shani!) Amy the happy pearl stringed house-wife, shared her inspiring experience and extensive knowledge of Vacola preserving. She talked about why she preserved. – Because she gardens, economics, creative satisfaction,…
Veronique and Carel are a couple of our European visitors who have stayed at the Painted Fish twice – and we have loved having them! We thought other visitors might enjoy their reflections on staying with us – The first time we stayed in the Painted Fish was almost exactly two years ago. We’d planned…
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