In Which I am Living in an A-Mazing Bunker
I am writing this from a bunker in Wilmot, Tasmania. The bunker is in the form of a maze, formed …
Category Archives: Books
Rooster Tails and Devil Tales
My head is full of flotsam and jetsam at the moment, so I figure the best way to disgorge it …
Sky Burial– A Story of Undying Love
Sky Burial by Xinran I’m not a book reviewer, but I’ve just read a book which has stirred my soul. …
Raking Over the Coals–The Metaphor
Just so you know, it’s 2:37 AM, I’m wide awake, and the only chocolate in the house is a bag …
Pardon Me While I Fard
I’ve learned a new word! I love it when I can add a new word to my day-to-day vocabulary. And …
Dictionary (n): Book explaining the words of a language
Has my dictionary become obsolete, or have I? (“Well, yes,” I hear you murmur.) Okay, so my Oxford English Dictionary …
Jesse James Meets Ned Kelly: A Meeting in Purgatory
Outlaws, both. Ned Kelly was a bushranger; Jesse James a bushwhacker. They were contemporaries, (Kelly, 1855-1880; James, 1847-1882) but Ned …
“To Kill A Mockingbird” and Nelle Harper Lee
How long has it been since you read/re-read/or watched the movie To Kill a Mockingbird? Too long, probably. It’s something …
Descriptive Narrative, and Other Sins Of Omission
A Novel Exercise G’Day! I suppose it’s time I come clean and tell you about the recent novel editing retreat. …
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous. Now there’s a word you don’t see spelled out very often. (Hands up, those of you who could spell …
The Meandering Matriarch 