I decided to catch the bus rather than the train and waited nervously for the #69 from Pyrénées'Bagnolet. There was an air of friendliness amongst the locals at the bus stop, but no real conversation going on. I was trying to take in every action, smell, and sound. I watched the road workers fi...
She’s fairly sure they won’t care about the result – it will only start another distressing discussion about how Aboriginal people don’t have the right to vote. As she walks across the mission to home, she sees a group of kids huddled around something and squealing. She starts to walk faster. Whe...
Instead I carried on with my project, my strategy for finding Mr Right. I had already feng shui-ed my flat; now it was time to get serious. I was ready for 'Phase I': blind dating. I thought hard about the mantra I would cite daily, playing with combinations of words. Finally, my new mantra for m...
Libby and I hadn’t spoken since our unpleasant exchange that morning, and to find her at home made me suspicious, and a little nervous. ‘Oh, this is a surprise. Did we have plans for tonight? I was going to go to the gym, but pizza and a movie is a much better option if that’s what you had in min...
'Who is this?' I had no idea who I was talking to as I walked along Collins Street towards the office. 'It's Mike, we met at the very exciting poetry reading a few weeks back. I've moved you up to the top of my "to do" list.' I thought back to Samuel's words about dreamtime tabernacles and whiteg...
They knew they were home when their Aeropelican Jetstream aircraft was coming into land and they could see the township only five kilometres from the runway. On the flight Veronica was quiet; her own parents long deceased, she reminisced about the good times and then thought about the only family...
