The problem with a cheeseburger is that word that is hanging off the front of the word ‘burger’- Cheese. Already I have documented my displeasure with this staple of the Western world, but just to recap – sour, dour, strange reaction, apoplexy, vomitous, churning sea stomach the moment I taste it. If you can imagine [...]

Celestial fields in ultra white glow, palaces and fabled animals unicorns and gryphons. All your other selves all become one at the meeting point at the gateway to eternity at the big pearly gates with that bearded man or is it the pot bellied one? He guides you on and you walk along a fragile [...]

The next dash of salty inspiration from the muse was when I had to get that first ‘extra’ doona/blanket/cover after the first night with a seasonal chill. Here’s my random train of thought: Autumn mornings start to bite have to pull those covers tight bring you in even closer it might be a nasty winter [...]

He stands on the back, tall thin and gangly as if he doesn’t eat enough or his metabolism eats stuff up way too quick, the guardian in a flannelette shirt with a red and black cross pattern. He’s in control riding the back of the trolleys, like Captain Ahab on the high seas, his rudder, [...]

Tall stories always adding an an element of  drama and intrigue making things larger than life bigger than they appear he wa great at doing that telling those tall stories tall as the masts on the square riggers he sailed on tall as the glasses of beer he laerned to do it with tall stories [...]

I recently had a song of mine -Another Perfect Morning  Critiqued at a seminar by none other than Mr Pat Pattison himself- generally he liked the song – as did the crowd – and made some suggestions for improvement- I thought it would be interesting to document the initial inspirations and ideas and see how [...]

“Go to Reg Hunt”, a voice seemed to boom from below the clouds. The golf clubs were being hefted into the boot, they snaggled against each other with metallic cries for freedom. The boot clumped shut with a low frequency boom and I was left staring at the spot of exposed red undercoat on the [...]

Now that the days are as short as possible and time is as tight as a near empty toothpaste tube, you’ve got to get as much done as you can in the remaining hours before bed – including eating. If you’re as organised as me you make a meal last two days- even three in [...]

Boxed quilted jacket, a green anorak. Walking to school on crisp winter mornings where the puddles had frozen over, stepping on the puddles and hearing the ice crack. Seeing the rainbow colours of petrol that had leaked form a leaded fuel tank. The smell of leaded car exhausts purring while waiting to exit the dirt [...]

Well just 39 Days to go now before I aim to have the ‘backbones’ completed for the two albums – progress is at about 40% so I’m going to have to ramp it up a bit. Last week I did a draft of ‘More than sometimes’- hopefully it will be on the site soon. I [...]