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A coldish day - the fire lit at 3.30pm. I watched as fire caught at kindling. Listened to little cracks and pops as flame reached bubbles of eucalyptus gum in the wood.

The Bear rang tonight at 7.15pm. He described the night sky in Port Hedland. Seeing '.....from horizon to horizon, a thin sliver of moon and acres of Milky Way.'

It struck me when I put down the phone that Love is this.

Telephoning your Beloved as you walk under a night sky hundreds of kilometres away from home, because you want to share an experience. Knowing, just knowing that your description will be appreciated and the need to share it understood.

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