‘The personal life deeply lived always expands into truths beyond itself.’
Anais Nin
SEX COOKIES
“Oh Mum, Mum,” cried Samuel urgently, “I need a dollar ‘cause tomorrow they’ve got a special stall at school and they’re selling sex cookies.” “Sex cookies - that doesn’t sound right. Are you sure that’s what they’re called.” “I’m [...]
HATE & BUTTERED BAKED POTATO
"I hate you, Mum." I am preparing the dinner: grilling steaks, chopping up broccoli for steaming - and I wonder where this sudden outburst has come from. "Is it because I rubbed out your homework?" He had scribbled in [...]
DAUGHTER OF THE MIST
Once upon a time there was a little girl who did not belong. The villagers found her lying on the banks of the great green river that flowed into the sea. She was found one morning after a night [...]
THE WINGS OF MILMERAY
Milmeray is a haven of peace and tranquility, a sacred place known and walked within for thousands of years. We are not the first to have found solace in the lichen-embroidered granites, the soft winds slipping between Xanthorrhea, Marri [...]
A Comma in Creation’s Silent Roar
for Jean-Pierre & Samuel I watch you, my child, curled in your cradle of darkness, sprung from the womb of All Presence: you are a comma in Creation’s silent roar, namelessly poised on the brink of [...]
THE FISHERIES BEAT
Down by the water in the summery heat, Fisheries Officers are out on the beat, Singin’ “Hey there fishers, learn from the past - Fish for the future and make the fish last.” Long time ago, when the cod [...]