Dear Whistler,

My birth place was Daruk land (Sydney). Their territory
extended as far west as Lithgow.

I believe Melbourne was divided between the Bunurong,
who lived along the southern coastal areas, and the
Wurundjeri, whose territory included the Yarra River
Valley.

I wish your mother much joy, good health,
and many more years ahead. Bless her always,
may she shine!

We will be celebrating my mother-in-law's 90th
in November this year.

Darling Whistler, my land lies between glaciers and volcanoes where the dark man could enter in a dream. He never imagined my home outside of slumber and gave no totem for me to call my own.

In his sleep he may have seen me and been comforted in my arms. When he woke he would have remembered a bond filled with love, between lahar and ice.

I wish your Mother comfort and grace, I thank her for her son.

yes exactly ... when i'm in redfern it sounds like bunnerong
when i'm in st.kilda it sounda like bunurong
i got to corroboree. thank you Foxy.
thank you for naming your birth place.

and Foxy, a special celebration to your other mother.

The Pied Piper, which women own the land of your dreams?

The mothers call your dreams.

The place where the tamariki suffer and the mothers take the ache and clutch it tightly until it burns through their hands to do no more harm than cold ash on the ground, scattered by the wind.

This land is not found made of earth