Edald Hopfield
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NAIDOC March: It Begins
I start this march off by acknowledging the traditional custodians of the land, the Yuggera and Turrbal people, and I pay my respects to Elders past, present and emerging. I acknowledge that it Always Was and Always Will Be. Continue reading
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Clothing the Gap: NAIDOC Week Virtual March
This weekend I will be joining the virtual march for NAIDOC week, organised by Clothing the Gap. For RunRona I completed 10km, this time I’m going to go 21.1km. It won’t be all running (mostly walking) and it might be… Continue reading
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Myka & Gabriel: & the Herb Pots
This was written using my characters Myka and Gabriel from The Demon’s Secretary in mind. I have been practising using writing prompts to produce scenes for works that seem to come to mind while I’m writing them out. He had… Continue reading
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Quick Recommendation: Growing up Aboriginal in Australia
I was planning on making a more thorough post about this book later but after seeing Anita Heiss’s post on Twitter, I’m quickly going to recommend it now. Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia. I feel as if I have spoken… Continue reading
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Bye-bye, Stacks of the Old Me
Recently I’ve been preparing my desk for my new computer, which has been quite the task because the computer is going to take up space and I’ve already consumed much of the general space of the bedroom and so didn’t… Continue reading
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Starting the Week in another Place
Today I moved back upstairs, out of the den. I haven’t been at my desk to work since just after Covid19 became an official pandemic in Australia. It’s not as warmer up here than I thought it would be, but… Continue reading
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Writing Reflection: Week of the 29th June 2020
200th Post, Woohoo This week was a firecracker of a week. I stuck to the schedule I made before the start of the week for the most part, only drifting from it in the afternoon and on the weekend but… Continue reading
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Hotel of Jars
The trees in her backyard were filled with hanging jars, each with wreaths around their necks fitted with floral decorations such as small flowers and pretty ferns. It looked like a collection of strung up and decorated jars lit up… Continue reading
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I Return to Work Next Week
I have had about three shifts since March and I have seven for the next fortnight. There will be a lot of re-training and I’m going to have to get used to actually having to be places again. I’m a… Continue reading
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Text Recommendation for Non-Indigenous Australian Authors
Throughout my Indigenous Knowledge Minor, there has one book that I have used in almost every single assessment task as a reference because it’s my go-to for how I, as a writer, can do my part as an ally to… Continue reading
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