I intend to take #COVID19Aus physical distancing to logical extreme. Looking for second-hand DeLorean to head back to 1973 to "be...

Dinner at the Bates Motel. Regrettably the kitchen at the Bates Motel is closed indefinitely while the management recruits its new chef...

In 1931 the possibly confused but adoring Amazon Liar had been struck in the heart since he first saw her. Which could almost be a...

Like Ethan Hawke’s messages in Mission Impossible – sort of -- (but with fewer car chases and no lethal assassins) -- the daily writing...

This may be a bit of a departure. We are asked to engage in an act of translation. Given my schoolboy French and Beginner Level Japanese...

The degree to which one has a low threshold for boredom (as my Auntie Anne reminded me the other day) can be revealed in the oddest ways....

It is not within me this evening to respond precisely to today’s brief, to follow the instruction exactly or take inspiration from the...

Who am I? To paraphrase: if you want all that Holden Caulfield, “David Copperfield kind of crap” then – unlike the formerly famous,...

Why am I here? Why start again with another of these daily writing challenges? Why write at all, Douglas? In part I’m here because I’ve...

I do not want to start an internecine theological dispute. But the possibility that to be patient does not necessarily mean you are...

My round 2 submission to 2019 NYC Short Story competition. Write a fairy tale. Revised 16 January 2022 for my blog.

So there was a busy start to the week today. I was privileged to join Bill Shorten MP (next PM of Australia I hope), Tanya Plibersek...

On the Tahune Airwalk, Huon Valley, Tasmania 5 years ago in winter with Spike Deane & the airwalk yesterday (Photo: Tassie fire service)....

My brother Joe -- who lives in Scotland --- was awarded an MBE in the New Year's Honours list by Her Maj. The gong could never do justice...

We met in 1975 or 76 through the Broad Left group at Stirling University. My life was never the same again. I usually phoned home each 12...

Spike and I had lunch with our friend Natalie last week. The three of us had worked together, maybe eight or ten years ago, in the same...

Last October -- the 2nd of October to be exact -- I received an invitation to appear as a keynote speaker at the annual conference of the...

I am a fan of the NDIS. I campaigned with many, many others --- people with disability, family members, friends, paid and unpaid support...

There's a reason designated parking spaces are designed to an approved national standard. And if -- like me -- you rely on a vehicle...

After years of procrastination I finally got round to phoning the call centre to make an access request to join the National Disability...