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Welcome to my collection of sites about us blokes! By way of introduction, I’m a post-war baby-boomer, White Australian, Gay Christian Male with a commitment to non-violent living.  And in all that I find the joys and hopes the grief and anguish of life!!! I am also a Community Jester and Ritual Maker. Some of my life is lived here in the cyber-world of open speech and free expression which I hope you will share. The image I use for this intro is dated as you will notice. However, it is a significant image as it was taken at the 2002 NAIDOC Day celebrations at Musgrave Park in Brisbane. I was lining up to get a bit of face painting done by a young Aboriginal lad who was providing  the popular images of animals features and the like. Before he started on me we had a bit of a chat and he asked if I would like him to paint a Bora Ring on my face. This was the result and it remains one of my treasured memories of a wonderful encounter across culture and generation. This site ...
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Alexander Robertson 1921-1992

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  I know that I'm a prisoner To all my Father held so dear I know that I'm a hostage To all his hopes and fears I just wish I could have told him in the living years On this day in1992 my father, Alex, died. It was the end of a long period of loss in my life that haunts me still. I really "lost" my father when I was a young teenager. We just stopped talking and I began to learn to live alone without an adult mentor. In August 2012 my mother also passed away. To   honour them both I have published this image of my parents holding me at three weeks. Say it loud, say it clear You can listen as well as you hear It's too late when we die To admit we don't see eye to eye I wasn't there that morning When my Father passed away I didn't get to tell him All the things I had to say My father was my hero. I was the eldest son and I cherished that early experience of "first claim" to his love and attention. In the shrine I designed to hi...
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