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Inspiration: “Elephants” by Owen Dippie A family, part of a herd, strong, steady and constant. My first visit to Chri ...More
A wedding in the Depression could be – well, depressing when a girl’s happiest day was pinched by poverty. So when Pauline and Eddie married it was si ...More
I was looking forward to 2011. I hadn’t been finding 2010 to be a very settled year. On one level I put the unsettled feeling down to it being the Year of ...More
Inspiration: Artwork by Cracked Ink Silver fences keep me from the touch of tourists. I am kissed by cameras, spoken around, as though I have not le ...More
There was the hand to hold and he held it. Beau’s hand, big, bold, Beau’s hand and he felt happy and proud and self-conscious and amazed all at once. They ...More
It was a pretty chill place to live for the first two thirds of the year. It was a place of freedom and acceptance, a place of thinking, talking, cups ...More
Kingdom of Blong is the fifth in the Elastic Island Adventures children’s book series for children aged 7 – 12, although note all the ...More
I had a sinking feeling in my stomach that January when I arrived in Dunedin. I stood in front of the dirty shallow porch of my flat and it wasn’t qu ...More
Inspiration: Artwork by Jacob Yikes The afternoon sun has made Alice sleepy. She follows White Rabbit down a different dark, mossy hole and e ...More
Inspiration: High Pressure/Low Pressure by Josh O’Rourke Dragons fly easy High streams of sibylline light Lazy loops of gold Cerulean mystery L ...More
Drexel relaxed in the beat of swiping inner seams of jeans as the heft of cans tapped a pattern against his spine. In the chill air of just-before- ...More
Inspiration: High Pressure/Low Pressure by Josh O’Rourke Rarer than gold Water shading, light dancing, greased lightning. Shi ...More
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Inspiration: Artwork by Tepid and Wisk A continuous loop repeating itself. A couple seconds closer to your birthday. A few seconds closer to ...More
Inspiration: Artwork by Richard “Pops” Baker Don’t hang me on the wall of your lounge Freeze frame frozen in time I need undi ...More
Eddy Smallbone (orphan) is grappling with identity, love, loss, and religion. It’s two years since he blew up his school life and the earthq ...More
Flip Flop Bay is the sixth in the Elastic Island Adventures children’s book series for children aged 7 – 12, but note the books can be read as stand ...More
Nā J.K. Rowling ~ Nā Leon Heketū Blake i whakamāori Ko tētahi o ngā tino kōrero mā ngā tamariki ā mohoa nei, ko tā J.K. Rowling Ha ...More
A seagull stands still, eyeing humans who are finishing their fish’n’chips. It perches upon a dark grey hard-edged rock, its white plumage flickerin ...More
Inspiration: Artwork by D Side Cluck, cluck, cluck, A pirate digging. Dig, dig, dig, Deeper in the sand. Brr, brr, The tree leaves swishing, Sw ...More