COVID, Travel and “Post Pandemic” Attitudes
A couple of weeks ago I got on a plane and flew to the other side of our planet. Something which, for a period, seemed …
Tag: Mountain Ash Chapter
This One Time I Accidentally Impersonated a D-List Starlet
This One Time, maybe ten years ago, I decided I was sick of wearing glasses and would laser my eyeballs. Only two places did it …
Caffé Florian
Caffé Florian opened in Piazza San Marco in 1720. It is the oldest café in the world (in continuous operation). It is also the most …
The Walk
It’s always a struggle just to get out of the house. There’s the desire to walk, and the need, and the opportunity. Then there’s the …
Everything I Could Buy With My One-Off $250 Election Payment
Half a tank of petrol Four fifths of the family’s weekly grocery shop A federal integrity commission A house deposit or some avocado toast A …
The Lap
Is there anything quite as niceAs sitting comfortablyWith a cat on your lap? That gentle warmth and weightPressing you downTrapping you in place. The slow …
The Walls Are Splattered With Blood
The walls are splattered with blood.My bloodmy husband’s bloodtoo much blood spilled tonight.Grey ghosts we call them, orWhite walkersNew arrivals, pale, nearly invisible, evil A gentle …
Song of My Husband After Encountering an Unspecified Animal During His Night-time Run
Verse:I’d never even heard of wildPanthersIn the hills before, I grew up in CanberraSo how could I have imagined itWhen I didn’t know theStories? Chorus:I …
Lake House at Daylesford
I have wanted to experience Lake House at Daylesford for a long time. It opened in 1984 and by the time I was working in …
Of Mothers and Daughters
A forest path, damp after spring rains. The sky overhead a cornflower blue, speckled with soft drifts of cotton wool cloud. Sunshine filtering through tall …