#highway 13

[readingoals]

What a great concept for a book! Highway 13 is a series of short stories that all revolve around a serial killer in Australia but never directly to do with him. Instead you get stories about the woman who lived next door to his family, or a politician who shares the same surname but isn't at all related, or family members of his victims. I found it a really original concept and really beautifully written. I picked it up on a whim because I've been trying to read more from Australian authors, and I am so glad I did.

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Highway 13 · John Lee Hooker · John Hammond

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Notes regarding the songs on, and the recording of “Highway 13” by Piet Botha

Notes regarding the songs on, and the recording of “Highway 13” by Piet Botha

Jack Hammer: Highway 13

The title track was written last April [2007] when somehow the theme first realised itself. Somehow the songs were going in the same direction. They were all about retrospection, realisation and what lies ahead …. the road … highway 13 … behind us and ahead of us.

The first songs written for the album were “Stay at the wheel”, “This song is old now” and “Pharaoh’s Blues”…

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[lindamason4]

A slower day today. Linda and I drove all the way from Assiniboia to Eastend, as we slowly make our way home. We stopped at various abandoned properties to take photos.

The houses themselves were beautiful, but were very enigmatic, containing little information about the people who used to call it their home. We stopped off for a break at the town of Ponteix, which was set up by French settles 100 years ago in 1914. We had a little chat with some of the locals. One man seemed perplexed then affronted and then slightly scared by our visit (we don’t think the town gets many visitors). After being confused that we didn’t have a 'market' for our film, he suddenly left the cafe mid conversation without warning. We then made our way to Eastend, taking pictures along the way. As we write this, we are tucking into our roast chicken from a local Co-op in the fine establishment of Cypress Hills hotel. And that is all the news for today.Linda’s animal watch: Rejoice!! Linda’s bunny was found. The bunny was adopted briefly by the cleaner, who had found him/her (gender as yet unknown) in the hotel from the previous night. As you can imagine, it was an emotional reunion. You can all breath a sigh of relief