Shrove Tuesday

by Lucas Smith

My coconut flour pancakes were a failure. Although I had followed the recipe in I Can’t Believe It’s Not Gluten to the letter, somehow my mix would not blend. 

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    For MC The meeting rooms are named for ancient clans — Ettalong, Cammeraygal. I enter late and they’re teleconferencing, talking about low-hanging fruit and blue sky dreaming. I drift off, ... Read More
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    Welcome to SPIRIT OF RENEWAL, the Manly Art Gallery and Museum Poetry Alive Reading. This annual event, a synergy of art and poetry, is now in its 7th year. In ... Read More
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    Artist’s Statement This video work was inspired by old photographs I discovered of my nana and grandad when they were young. I was drawn to the photograph of my nana ... Read More
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    Karma Indiscriminate rain and sunlight. muted light, the room instantly full of bodies — the way they pull up your sleeves and remove your shirt, examining your arms and chest ... Read More

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