the seventies part 1

I was 6 months
when the super seventies began
started innocuously enough i guess
all nappies n bottles n terry toweling wonder suits
i was probably happy then
all my needs met i guess
then
inevitably you start to grow
memories become firmer
become clearer
the house we lived in
sorrento victoria
on the coast - wild and woolly
life-taking back beach
summer holiday makers
learning to read
little bro pk turns up
and so begins another adventure
we lived there till 75
only real memories are of
Suzy the dog
a thundery night hiding under a table
n doing belly flops in a little paddling pool outside
not much hey?
anyhoo
we move to reservoir on melbournes outskirts
so begins some of my obsessions
working classness
inner city life
liturgy n church
music . . .
apparently we'd go to bed and then mum n dad would put on lps
i'd float out of bed
like a moth to a flame
n lie outside the lounge room doors
n fall asleep listening to the sounds
guess i just couldn't fight it huh?
School too
moved around a bit
first a little hippy parent controlled thing
cant remember much bout it
then a grammar school
quite liked early school
but even then
liked my own company
a few close mates
usually from other places
music again seemed to feature pretty strongly
recorder group
choir
loved singing hymns
remember i made a guitar out of an old juice bottle once
didn't last long
but became a bit of an omen
of darker things to come . . .