PULP
PULP – what remains from the olive press
Posted by Posted by How to make Olive Oil
Posted by I have been asked how one might make olive oil, with the olives from a solitary tree and without an olive press. A recent trip to Mildura, post olive oil production and enlightened to learn from Giuseppa Callipari, that making it without a machine was a practice in Natile, Calabria for those who did not…Read more »
Lineage of Seeds
Posted by “Keep things simple and you always live well”- Giuseppa Pipicella Callipari – my Mum. I express this quote from my Mother as a mantra. According to her 79 years of lived experience, simplicity is the essence of success. I am in accord, that if we all lived more simply then we would clearly understand sustainability. Preservation is at…Read more »
A Story about our gifts
Posted by Friday morning as I was leaving home for work, my attention fell on a young African woman across the road leaning into the window of a maroon Camry, speaking to a neighbour. I have seen her before walking with her family, husband and two kids. Today her baby toddler came running out onto the footpath…Read more »
The Challenge
Posted by Thirty days ago I started a 100 day physical challenge. I was already in the gym at 5.30 or 6am doing classes, walking at lunch time and fitting in a yoga class twice a week. I thought I was already doing more than enough for my fitness. This challenge however has made me push myself even more.…Read more »
I lumi e copetti take 2
Posted by I took some photos of Giuseppa demonstrating the making of the ‘ wick ‘ that was used to create a candle/ fire element of cupping. Here is a visual demonstration, taken from her memory of making this with a penny, small piece of cotton and thread. The nib is lit after dipped in olive oil.…Read more »
Sisters IN ARTS
Posted by The Other List- Sonia Zymantas Last Sunday I invited artist Sonia Zymantas to conduct an arts workshop with friends, family and cousins at my home, as a contribution to her art installation The Other List. My husband Mark Patton prepared his workshop for the eight participants to make the flags of gendered language, which will…Read more »
Millie, Maria and Fortunata Maria Callipari- what’s in a name?
Posted by Respect is in a name, especially when people use the name given to the person. “Callipari” means bearer of Good news- to carry good things. Fortunata Maria Callipari is like a wish for humanity towards the aspiration for goodness. It releases the intention of positivity and light. Fortunata Maria Callipari was born on 12 January 1967. She…Read more »
Epiphany of Thought
Posted by I get these flashes of inspiration from time to time. If only I could take a snap shot of my thoughts in order to return to them, but they vanish and I try to rewind, wading back against the flow, caught in all the detritus on the peripheral. It’s like this coming into and out…Read more »
