A red moon rising through the smoke haze of the droughted landscape of our farm near Collie NSW in the 2006-07 bushfire season, causing some of the worst bushfire smoke since records began, triggering an increase in the incidence of asthma. This smoke was from fires hundreds of kilometres away. Photo: Kim V. Goldsmith, November …
'Willydah', Narromine, 11 July 2024 Willydah, Narromine NSW This post documents the first field recording trip to the farm that the SOIL+AiR creative future landscapes project will be based at for the next year. SOIL+AiR is a creative rural research residency aiming to explore the rural landscapes and communities of the Narromine Shire in Central West NSW, …
One chilly morning in April, I rose before dawn to listen to a conversation hosted by Colorado College (USA) on Environmental Philosophy and the Ethics of Attention. I was prompted to register for this international webinar because of my interest in how I might dig more deeply into the issues and themes that have been bait …
Walking and listening near the Wambuul Macquarie River near Dubbo (Wiradjuri Country), April 2024 Walking with intent or simply for joy is a sensory experience of connection with each other and our surrounds in an act that encourages self-awareness. My earliest memories of walking are of holding my grandmother’s hand as we wandered across bare, …
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Kim V. Goldsmith. February 2024. After a couple of days of late summer temperatures in the high 30s, I was looking forward to my weekend walk with my dog, in ‘walking temperatures’. If I was going to put in an order for a day like this it'd be something in the high teens, with a …
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