Not Quite a Knight in Shining Armour (A true story)
The other day had a strange interruption to my normal work day at the local primary school. A child had decided to run off and …
Category: Mountain Life
The Book-Cat
She hunts down storieslike elusive miceEvery whispered wordTrembles, prey-hesitant On the tip of her whiskerThe arc of narrativeJust beyond reach Of her silky pawAs she …
True Romance
Her exquisite feet skimmed the floor, like ephemeral swallows of passion. She paused in front of the gauzy, billowing curtains in the breast-heaving moonlight. The …
The Look of Love
Those eyes! They follow me everywhere I go. From this angle, I see some golden flecks. From this angle, they look exactly like the caramel …
Autumn in the Hills
Autumn is my favourite time of the year, especially in the Dandenong Ranges. The European trees along Sherbrooke Road present a metamorphic spectacle. The perfect …
Apology to the Tooth Fairy
Do you know how manyhalf-drunk glasses of waterwere left out onbenches, tables, desks, chairslast night I had to roam the house likea Victorian match girlcollecting …
Sleep
Where is it? That wonderful, healing, evasive, pervading, and even sometimes playful state of consciousness—called sleep. Sometimes it is teasing and pretends to be just on …
White Walls
Colour hasn’t been a thing since 1993. Since scrunchies and hypercolor t-shirts, is that what you want? Armpit-neon on your walls? Our houses are white …
The Kookaburra’s Garden
It was a quiet day in the garden. The wind had dropped and there was a silence that was almost deafening. The soil was void …
Love of My Life
I wish I could have told her how much I loved her. I lived with her for sixteen years. She was my everything. I was …