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A Tinker’s Cuss – Jim Wilson’s Blog, 26/01/16

January 26, 2016

Jim Wilson’s Blog, 26 January 2016 Around two weeks ago I lost my favourite doggie, Bella. The veterinary surgeons put her to sleep here in New Zealand whilst I…

A Tinker’s Cuss – Jim Wilson’s Blog, 16/12/15

December 15, 2015

Jim Wilson’s Blog, 16 December 2015 Another Xmas is upon us. At this time of year, we are meant to be with our families (such as they might be)…

A Tinker’s Cuss – Jim Wilson’s Blog, 20/11/15

November 20, 2015

Jim Wilson’s Blog, 20 November 2015 It could be I’m just peeved from restless dreams last night. I was dreaming about Levon Helm again. Levon was a truth teller and…

A Tinker’s Cuss – Jim Wilson’s Blog, 22/10/15

October 22, 2015

Jim Wilson’s Blog, 22 October 2015 I am living in New Jersey and it is a very pleasant time of year with the leaves changing colours and everything. Shortly…

A Tinker’s Cuss – Jim Wilson’s Blog, 06/05/15

May 6, 2015

Jim Wilson’s Blog, 6 March 2015 The bloke in the photograph with me is Terry, an old style hillbilly from Tennessee. Me and Terry shared a single-wide in a…

A Tinker’s Cuss – Jim Wilson’s Blog, 30/09/13

August 30, 2013

Jim Wilson’s Blog, 30 August 2013 Last week I was writing about my brother and putting up poetry posters in Trenton, New Jersey. Then I went on to discuss prison…

A Tinker’s Cuss – Jim Wilson’s Blog, 15/09/13

August 15, 2013

Yesterday in New Jersey I was racing that pissant Toyota Prius down I-95 about as fast as it could go when an incredible thunderstorm broke and lightning went zig-zagging across…

Diary of a Billsticker – San Francisco, USA

November 7, 2011

This was to be my final poster run before leaving the USA on my way back to New Zealand. I’m writing this some months afterwards and so I can’t even…

Diary of a Billsticker – Baltimore, USA

July 25, 2011

I think Baltimore is the favourite city of a lot of people these days and this has a lot to do with a certain television show. I think that the show…

Diary of a Billsticker – New York City, USA

July 21, 2011

This was a poster run that took place over the July 4th weekend in New York City and once again I was a man possessed by the idea of getting…

Diary of a Billsticker – Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

July 18, 2011

This was an entirely agreeable poster run which took place over three or four days and featured a dozen Kiwi poets: Hinemoana Baker, Stephen Oliver, David Eggleton, Jay Clarkson, Aroha Harris,…

Diary of a Billsticker – Lowell, Massachusetts, USA

July 1, 2011

A Word to the Wise Guy Lowell is about thirty miles out of Boston and is apparently ahead of that city (‘Beantown’) in all the crime stats. Lowell has a population of around 100,000 people and many of them…

Diary of a Billsticker – Lambertville, New Jersey and New Hope, Pennsylvania, USA

June 14, 2011

How to Put Up a Poster This was a little run I did each morning starting the week after Gil Scott-Heron’s death. It was also around the time that Errol Hincksman…

Diary of a Billsticker – South Philadelphia, USA

June 4, 2011

We drove into Philly early in the morning of Memorial Day. There were not a lot of people around and it was very peaceful and quiet. This always sets the…

Diary of a Billsticker – Trenton, New Jersey, USA

May 2, 2011

This was yet another poster run in the Phantom Billstickers poetry poster series. It was a beautiful spring morning as we headed off to Trenton, the state capital of New Jersey. I buy…

Diary of a Billsticker – Camden, New Jersey, USA

April 29, 2011

I was carrying poetry posters by the Kiwi Poets Janet Frame, Frankie McMillan, Tusiata Avia, Chris Knox, and Lawrence Arabia. Then I had some posters by the American, Robert Creeley. Boy,…

Diary of a Billsticker – New Orleans, USA

January 21, 2011

Who Dat? We took off for New Orleans on Boxing Day. Americans don’t have Boxing Day really. They tend to want to gravitate to the malls so that the whole…

Diary of a Billsticker – Washington DC and Baltimore, USA

November 29, 2010

There might be lots of good reasons for going to these two cities to do a poster run of Kiwi poets. A person has to have clear intentions and I…

A Tinker’s Cuss – Jim Wilson’s Blog, 26/01/16

January 26, 2016

Jim Wilson’s Blog, 26 January 2016 Around two weeks…

A Tinker’s Cuss – Jim Wilson’s Blog, 16/12/15

December 15, 2015

Jim Wilson’s Blog, 16 December 2015 Another Xmas is…

A Tinker’s Cuss – Jim Wilson’s Blog, 20/11/15

November 20, 2015

Jim Wilson’s Blog, 20 November 2015 It could be…

A Tinker’s Cuss – Jim Wilson’s Blog, 22/10/15

October 22, 2015

Jim Wilson’s Blog, 22 October 2015 I am living…

A Tinker’s Cuss – Jim Wilson’s Blog, 06/05/15

May 6, 2015

Jim Wilson’s Blog, 6 March 2015 The bloke in…

A Tinker’s Cuss – Jim Wilson’s Blog, 30/09/13

August 30, 2013

Jim Wilson’s Blog, 30 August 2013 Last week I…

A Tinker’s Cuss – Jim Wilson’s Blog, 15/09/13

August 15, 2013

Yesterday in New Jersey I was racing that pissant Toyota…

Diary of a Billsticker – San Francisco, USA

November 7, 2011

This was to be my final poster run before leaving…

Diary of a Billsticker – Baltimore, USA

July 25, 2011

I think Baltimore is the favourite city of a lot…

Diary of a Billsticker – New York City, USA

July 21, 2011

This was a poster run that took place over the…

Diary of a Billsticker – Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

July 18, 2011

This was an entirely agreeable poster run which took place…

Diary of a Billsticker – Lowell, Massachusetts, USA

July 1, 2011

A Word to the Wise Guy Lowell is about thirty miles…

Diary of a Billsticker – Lambertville, New Jersey and New Hope, Pennsylvania, USA

June 14, 2011

How to Put Up a Poster This was a little…

Diary of a Billsticker – South Philadelphia, USA

June 4, 2011

We drove into Philly early in the morning of Memorial…

Diary of a Billsticker – Trenton, New Jersey, USA

May 2, 2011

This was yet another poster run in the Phantom Billstickers poetry…

Diary of a Billsticker – Camden, New Jersey, USA

April 29, 2011

I was carrying poetry posters by the Kiwi Poets Janet…

Diary of a Billsticker – New Orleans, USA

January 21, 2011

Who Dat? We took off for New Orleans on Boxing…

Diary of a Billsticker – Washington DC and Baltimore, USA

November 29, 2010

There might be lots of good reasons for going to…

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