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Pissed I can’t get to Melbourne for the writer’s festival. I fantasize I’d button-hole some of the New Yorker folk who are town and score a dream commission based on my dazzling pitches. But I wouldn’t have the stones to do that anyway and would end up hanging around the auditorium after they’ve spoken and gone, pondering a career as a kitchenhand… I am a big fan of Eustace Tilley... Continue Reading
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Couple of late drafts of some new stuff. Any feedback appreciated. HAIKU245 Clothes of my family On the line Animated by summer breeze GONE Though she’s gone, she’s left Her clothes still hanging on the line, Dirty clothes in the laundry pile A book bookmarked beside the bed A left over snack in the fridge Lipstick mark on a tea cup The TV still tuned to... Continue Reading
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My take on the business end of the Big O in ABC’s The Drum today “I’d like to write about that big sporting event currently in the capital of the UK this year. I’m not sure if I can mention it as I’m not sure how far the long arm of the UK plod reaches in its efforts to hold up the PR wall for the chosen few corporate sponsors... Continue Reading
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I’m sitting in my office, pre-dawn, post yoga and meditation. And I’m watching the Olympics. As you do. This week’s News as it Appears comes from London, figuratively not actually, because there’s plenty of news behind the medals and drama of the Games. One issue is whether I am allowed to use the terms ‘Olympics’ or ‘Games’ at all. Well not really, but the effort the International Olympic Committee puts... Continue Reading
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East Timor is at a critical point as its nascent tourism industry finds its feet and reaches out to the world. The world is increasingly willing to reach back, too. Incoming tourist visa-holders to this dishevelled, half-island country just an hour’s flying time from Australia’s north, are growing. Darwin-based Airnorth runs the only daily jet service to Dili in its 76-seater E170s, and its marketing manager, Tammy Baczynski, says passenger... Continue Reading
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