When I took Lib her breakfast of scrambled egg yesterday, which followed the grapefruit juice, muesli, and herb tea at wake up call, she told me with typical good humour a little Raylynn story. Raylynn has been a work colleague of Lib's for more than twenty years and Raylynn and husband John are dear friends.
"Do you know what Raylynn did the other day?"
"I can guess but I may never get it so perhaps you'd better tell me."
"She slept in the spare room, John annoyed her somehow, she didn't want to sleep with him. She had to get up early."
"What did he do to annoy her," I interrupted, looking for a bit scandal, "Does he snore, or do his hands wander in the night, like most men's?"
"I don't know, he just annoyed her somehow, she didn't say how. Her alarm went off at 5.30am, she had early shift. She rang John on her mobile phone and told him to get up and bring her a cup of tea. He did too."
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Hi Carey
This is not a comment on the article but a preview copy of the Woorilla Words Signpost article.
WOORILLA WORDS
A BOOK AND A BLOG
I have decided that I no longer need the fifty or so cartons of books that I have been carting around and adding to over the years – so with some apprehension I decided that a cull was needed. This has not been easy and after two days only one book has been left on the bus for someone else to read. But I am finding things that I had forgotten all about. Under local history I came across Gus Ryberg’s book – What When Where and Who or the four W’s.
The book is a collection of 60 articles Gus wrote as a weekly column for the ‘Trader’ from January 1983. Reading it again I had a feeling that I was reading a forerunner to the modern day blog. In his column Gus asked for reader’s feedback and comments just as the modern day bloggers do. The only difference I could pinpoint was that a blog is instant and a book takes a while.
For the uninitiated a blog is an online (internet) type of website, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material. . The ability for readers to leave comments in an interactive format is an important part of many blogs.
I could not help comparing The Four W’s to a blog called ‘Carey at Gembrook’.
Gus Ryberg related stories of the development of the Emerald and surrounding districts. He recalled events long past and the people and their ideas that built our district as we know it today. He invited his readers to provide feedback just as the modern blogger does.
Carey Williams has been writing his blog now for three years. In it he describes the everyday occurrences that occur in his life; the people he meets and chats with on his morning walks; the birds and trees in his environment; family events – even the shortage of spoons in the family household. Carey’s outlook on life is often sombre, sometimes humorous, occasionally angry and always from his heart.
Both Blog and Book are written by local people and are about local issues. It is the local history that people will look back on in another century.
Carey at Gembrook can be found at http://careywilliams.blogspot.com and is highly recommended. I am not sure if the Four W’s is still available but a good place to try might be the Emerald Museum.
Bill Clohesy
June 2009
clobill@bigpond.com.au
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