#leftnotlost

(Pic via @rizrita ) Bit on the fence about these boots. —————— —————— —————— —————— —————— —————— —————— —————— #leftnotlost #leftbehind #notlost #lost #left #discarded_butnot_forgotten #discarded #trashortreasure #hardrubbish #rubbish #trash #melbourne #ilovemelbourne #igersmelbourne #instamelbourne #melbourne_insta #victoria #liveinvictoria #melbourneiloveyou #suburbia #suburbanlife #creativewriting #writing #litterati #streetfinds #takeyourrubbishhome

Chuck gripped the key in his palm. He’d carried it with him since she kicked him out. Her last words to him were that he could only return when he was ready to accept responsibility for the damage he had inflicted on their relationship. It would be years before he came to understand what he could’ve done to make it right. She passed away about 3 years ago. He knew that, but he held onto the key. He tried it in the lock one night, aware that he might get busted for burglary. The lock had changed. So had he. Finally. —————— —————— —————— —————— —————— —————— —————— —————— #leftnotlost #leftbehind #notlost #lost #left #discarded_butnot_forgotten #discarded #trashortreasure #hardrubbish #rubbish #trash #suburbia #suburbanlife #creativewriting #writing #litterati #streetfinds #takeyourrubbishhome https://www.instagram.com/p/CSiM5K7Jfo1/?utm_medium=tumblr

As the Olympics draw to a close, so too do Ernest’s dreams of being a world champion table tennis player. Dreams he had held for about as long as he held the tumbler of cheap scotch which slipped from his grasp as he slipped into a drunken slumber. Tomorrow, it’ll be some other fantasy. Tomorrow, his family will fall further away. —————— —————— —————— —————— —————— —————— —————— —————— #leftnotlost #leftbehind #notlost #lost #left #discarded_butnot_forgotten #discarded #trashortreasure #hardrubbish #rubbish #trash #suburbia #suburbanlife #creativewriting #writing #litterati #streetfinds #takeyourrubbishhome https://www.instagram.com/p/CSP7yvpBWcC/?utm_medium=tumblr

Pic via @vintagesydneyarchitecture Well may @vintagesydneyarchitecture observe that this is an 'interesting thing to misplace', but this reeks of the clumsy DIY efforts of Scott Cam. No, not him. The other Scott Cam. Ever keen to save a dollar and uphold his self-aggrandising creative spirit, he could not be talked out of trying to use this as a gate to the apartment block. The Body Corporate Association were, once again, bamboozled into thinking this was a project by THE Scott Cam. Hard to tell who's the bigger idiot. —————— —————— —————— —————— —————— —————— —————— —————— #leftnotlost #leftbehind #notlost #lost #left #discarded_butnot_forgotten #discarded #trashortreasure #hardrubbish #rubbish #trash #suburbia #suburbanlife #creativewriting #writing #litterati #streetfinds #takeyourrubbishhome https://www.instagram.com/p/CR8nPGEhgIj/?utm_medium=tumblr

Pic via @paulineabell The thing that matters most about mistakes we make in the past is how we respond to them now. Because how you respond now is how good people will measure your progress as a human. In 1988, as a Grade 6, I was part of a school musical in which we performed an adaptation of Split Enz's "6 months in a leaky both." It was now "9 months" and in reference to how long it took the First Fleet to sail to Botany Bay. A number of us children were browned up and given black curly wigs, so that we could depict the - ahem - welcoming Aboriginals. I'm no politician or in the public eye in any fashion. Cancel away. Did I know I was in a particularly racist act when I was 11 (if I had a concept of any such thing)? Nope. Would I allow my children to do the same thing today? Hell no. Not because I will be criticised, but because I know more now about how to be respectful than my parents did way back then. “A different time” isn’t an excuse. Accept the mistakes and demonstrate that you are a better person because of them. And forgive those who are better than they were. —————— —————— —————— —————— —————— —————— —————— —————— #leftnotlost #leftbehind #notlost #lost #left #discarded_butnot_forgotten #discarded #trashortreasure #hardrubbish #rubbish #trash #suburbia #suburbanlife #creativewriting #writing #litterati #streetfinds #takeyourrubbishhome https://www.instagram.com/p/CR4vtwRHTX1/?utm_medium=tumblr

Dana could pinpoint the exact moment Belinda went too far. But it was such a trivial thing when he heard himself say it out loud. "For the last time, 'Dana' can be a man's name, too!" Ironically, it was over Wayne's World that Dana and Belinda bonded - the SNL movie starring Dana Carvey's talent more than Mike Myer’s, if you ask me. Party on, Dana. Party on, Belinda. —————— —————— —————— —————— —————— —————— —————— —————— #leftnotlost #leftbehind #notlost #lost #left #discarded_butnot_forgotten #discarded #trashortreasure #hardrubbish #rubbish #trash #suburbia #suburbanlife #creativewriting #writing #litterati #streetfinds #takeyourrubbishhome #waynesworld https://www.instagram.com/p/CRsDS4GnMyW/?utm_medium=tumblr

Wendy had picked the perfect day for her party in the park. —————— —————— —————— —————— —————— —————— —————— —————— #leftnotlost #leftbehind #notlost #lost #left #discarded_butnot_forgotten #discarded #trashortreasure #hardrubbish #rubbish #trash #suburbia #suburbanlife #creativewriting #writing #litterati #streetfinds #takeyourrubbishhome (at Westerfolds Park, Templestowe) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRoGW0NnNbH/?utm_medium=tumblr

A year in lockdown and I’m sick of all this running. This is not a true story. Very little exercise happened at all. —————— —————— —————— —————— —————— —————— —————— —————— #leftnotlost #leftbehind #notlost #lost #left #discarded_butnot_forgotten #discarded #trashortreasure #hardrubbish #rubbish #trash #suburbia #suburbanlife #creativewriting #writing #litterati #streetfinds #takeyourrubbishhome https://www.instagram.com/p/CNvvLDPnbUD/?igshid=1ankjmyk679oj