If you intend on a new start, avoiding the fractal vise of old entanglements, Escaping the Timeline is a restorative collection of poetry exploring the path between doing no harm and taking no crap.Table of Contents:AcknowledgementsAuthor BiographyChapter 1: Family SnapshotCompassSpiny Leaf InsectRoyal PainMy Daughter, the InsurrectionistGetting Along with In-LawsPost-Exorcism Damage ControlInsomnia AnywayThe Smell of BreadNeuralgia11 PMChapter 2: Growing Up for the ChildrenFirst Time CookA Dream Where I Meet Repressed RageFirst to OutgrowLiterary SceneRetreatWelcome to your beautiful streamInternal CrisisDon't Rescue. The Desert is Infinite Potential EnergyCthuluRope Fell Out of the Sewing BoxFour Seasons Toward Self-LoveHoodoo RocksRi(f)tObligations and Torture at ChristmasEmotion-dumpers and Energy-feedersNot Smothering to Bother WithEscaping the TimelineChapter 3: Finding the Grace in EverythingSi(gh)tProtecting the BlessingsLearning IntegrityLoose endsBlue handsSuspendedViewing Drinkwater's Ocean Face BronzeViewing Ronald Ong's HeightsMarble CavesNudibranchsG-force NineLiftDracaena CinnabariLighting Incense to AncestorsThe Beaches Parkrun, Australia, December Bi-racial, multi-language, author and self-translator, coming off a plane on a balmy night, geology, scientific method, new age mother, daughter is the first daughter of a first daughter of a first daughter of a first daughter, other child is the second child of a second child of a second child, kitsch, amusement rides in shopping centres, carnivals, music cul-de-sac, people who draw, words, night-time jazz, Tom Waits in the early 70s, writing in the wee hours, comfortable underground, eating not cooking, tea rather than coffee but coffee ok even instant, French winters, Melbourne summers, pretentious anytime, skiing, softball, touch football, good times with friends and family, forget to wear costume jewelry, family planning, hot chocolate instead of champagne, noice hotels, texture, yellow, orange, ok all colours, listening practice, always wanted to do a backflip, gratitude, shandies, So You Think You Can Dance without the screaming audience without the judges and without the phone voting, karma and always learning, mentor, truth, looking at the ocean, looking at the sky, every moment counts, baby animals, interactive zoos, source of the pain, 5 whys, psychology, computer addiction however not a facebook addiction, expensive cigars gone stale, custard, apple pie, soft drinks are not for kids, WTF, no gardening but will pull out weeds, life is but a dream, can't go past the eel at a Japanese Restaurant, attitude, self-exploration, accidentally give away the end to movies and books, deep abiding devotion to Survivor reality show...