Author Archives: mgbauer

blog 13: In which I trace the highlights of my stellar musical career

Posted on June 10, 2011 by mgbauer

  After my childhood dreams of being a Samurai like Shintaro or a Ninja like Tombie the Mist faded, my next dream was to become a singer-songwriter – just someone like Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, Paul Simon or James Taylor would … Continue reading →

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blog 12: In which I post a few of our old family slides.

Posted on June 4, 2011 by mgbauer

             Just about all of the photos taken of our family when I was a kid are slides. There’s not too many of them because Dad had the only camera and he worked away from home for years on the … Continue reading →

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blog 11: In which I ponder whether a rose by any other name would just be confusing.

Posted on May 31, 2011 by mgbauer

I’ll say it for you: “Haven’t changed a bit!” The story goes that I was given the name Michael because when my mother was pregnant with me, the old lady next door said something like, ‘Not long now till Michael … Continue reading →

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blog10: In which I throw a much needed life-line to fellow author Barry Jonsberg

Posted on May 27, 2011 by mgbauer

A couple of years ago when I was resident Blogger at the State Library of Victoria’s Insideadog website, I did a post on my good friend and fellow writer Barry Jonsberg. I thought it might be an opportune time to recap on … Continue reading →

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