Category: Creative Writing

The question occurred to me the other day, what do women want? Now, this isn’t the first time in my sixty odd years on earth that I’ve been interested in what women want, but it is the first time I’ve been interested in what women of my senior age are looking for when they are thinking of (if, indeed, they even do think of) romantic […]

I only shower once a fortnight. There, I’ve said it. It will turn noses up. Chairs will be moved away from me. Delicate sensibilities have been offended. But why the gap between showering? Don’t my friends say something? Don’t I smell? No, I don’t smell. I’ve asked my friends and they are always brutally honest with me, as good friends should be. I don’t smell. […]

It was while visiting Normanville, South Australia’s beachside jewel, that I came to realise there are several different types of tourist: the family tourist, the adventurous tourist, and the historical tourist being the types most easily spotted. The family tourist is easy to spot: there are kids of various ages in tow, clothing is functional without necessarily being stylish, and the adults have a vague […]

‘Whatcha working on?’ Music composition for the amateur can be a challenging affair, leaving them with a couple of options. Firstly, they can practice on their own, and when sufficiently skilled they can go searching for other musicians to play with. This isn’t as easy to accomplish as it sounds, and is dependent on some sort of social network where one can ‘advertise’ oneself and […]

The number 863 bus from the Adelaide Hills will always hold a special place in my heart. At 7.33am on a Tuesday morning in July, 2004, on a 863 passing through the city, I felt something I’d never felt before. Recently married, I had also recently started attending church. Indeed, the one begat the other––the priest who was marrying my intended and I insisted that […]