Dissonance
JANUARY ‘Don’t tell me you’re still thinking about Auschwitz? We’ve been back for two hours. I knew you were too sensitive to go.’ The…
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Chickens
Keeping chickens makes me feel like a witch. It is old-fashioned and earthy to feed them every morning and collect their eggs. We have…
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Home Maintenance
Against the odds, Helena and Rudy buy a small 70s brick house in Sunshine West. They are happy about the dizzying array of ethnic…
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To the Tree House
On Saturday morning I take my book and climb up to sit in the tree house dad built for us. It’s not a proper…
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Inbound
We sat around a big round table and let Alex tell us what to do. He was in his mid-twenties and dressed in a…
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Rear View
As he sits in the car, parked on the street outside the medical clinic, Tom is unsure how he is feeling. Anxious, confused and…
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Roger
The acting thing wasn’t going great. I was in a play, but it was unpaid, overly long, am-dram and terrible. I was dressed…
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