Lost or Found
It’s been days and finally Blackey has appeared in his favourite tree branch in the Orange tree outside my window. It’s such a relief to see him there, and he, for his part is totally oblivious to my concern at his lengthy absence from my backyard. I want to give him a piece of my […]
Inside Out
There’s a fine line between the inner and outer worlds that we make for ourselves, the outer world of the intellect and the inner world of the imagination. One is entirely safe and the other, well,
Trust is Like
Trust is like a bird’s nest. It’s sometimes intricately woven and sometimes haphazardly assembled and even then, the bones of the construct are purpose built. There is something inherently trusting in a bird’s efforts to begin with (that somehow defy our own human logic) that this entirely open air atrium will weather a storm, even […]
Great Expectations
My thoughts seem frozen mid sentence as the chill from a cool wind blows across the suburb where I live. They stuff their rolled-up fists deeper inside their pockets, walking at a brisk pace now to get the blood flowing.
On Andreas Street
Autumn has a way of softening the human heart like no other season. It’s a time in which there is a quiet, unobtrusive turning over of the heart’s soil and despite those seemingly modest machinations, we are left in no doubt a difference has been made, deep in our soul. How?
