Stories of Place by Tom Wallace - HTML preview

INTRODUCTION 7

BED 9

RED DUST 13

WHAT THEY CANNOT TAKE 19

WILD MAN 25

HOME IN THE WOODS 33

MY PAST AND FUTURE LIFE 43

SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF 53

THE WISE WOMEN AND THEIR TREE 57

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CAFÉ CULTURE 65

MY SOUL LIVES ELSEWHERE NOW! 71

BUILDINGS THAT MAKE US GO YUCK! 75

CITIES – IT’S THE SYSTEM, STUPID! 81

GETTING BY OR GETTING ON 87

ADVANCE TO THE NEXT LEVEL 93

PUB PHILOSOPHY 109

HEY PRESTO, TRANSFORMATION! 117

HOMO FICKILUS 123

THE TREES AND SQUIRRELS DEMOGRAPHIC131

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SERIOUS BONFIRE PEOPLE 137

LUCKY 145

THERE ARE BUBBLES – AND THEN THERE

ARE BUBBLES 153

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‘ The Genius Loci – the genius of place – reveals itself slowly and enigmatically, and yet it is the ultimate judge of how we are to make a home on our small patch of land.’

Thomas Moore – The Re-enchantment of Everyday Life

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