At any particular moment the future has just happened, even one nanosecond away and it’s already been and gone and become the ‘past’, and we’re left with a flash of experiences and sensations stored on the hard drive of our senses, sometimes easy to recall other times lost in a mist. The future is Gassy, [...]

At High School, to alleviate the boredom of recess we’d invent dares, which usually involved climbing. On the side of the main building near the corner housing the Library was a grade one drainpipe challenge. Three stories straight up. Of course looking on it now the health and safety implications are horrendous, but then we [...]

Mine’s expired, should do something about that I guess, its thin sliver is sitting on the second drawer of my desk… I have no compelling reason to renew at this moment, but visions of a trans-Siberian adventure beckon so I should do something about it- in fact I have two – European Union and Australian…that’s [...]

Somewhere along the way a piece of information was inserted, slotted into the command module of my brain, strike the match AWAY from your body – where, when or how I don’t remember, but it seems to make sense. Because – what if – and here I go on disaster psychology! – what if you [...]

I have a strange belief about trains, going fast that is. I believe that if you sit with your back to the direction of travel then you stand a greater chance of survival when the train crashes – note WHEN not IF. Most forms of transport involve a series of worst case disaster scenarios for [...]

Does an indulgence have to really be such a bad thing? It can take many forms, a shopping indulgence, a food indulgence , a love induglence… if you say the word enough times it loses its power. For me I blame those marketing wizards down at the supermarket – there I am trawling the aisles [...]

The final attempt, chewing on determination like a wad of expired bubble gum, surely there’s just a bit more juice here , just a little. The run begins, he’s a workman carrying a plank of wood at high speed, those African women who carry large bundles on their heads- the pressure, the responsibility . Each [...]

Even though it’s environmentally friendly I’m going to have to change that brand of washing powder I use. I forget until I open the lid and dig in the petite plastic scoop and happen to breathe – there’s a causticness in the air and a door slams shut at the back of my throat and [...]

Peering down a barrel into a microscopic world, a kaleidoscope of moving stars in a universe far away, each star with its own unique pattern, becoming unstable and melting away from view….. Outside in the park we run about in blubbery Wellington boots, hard rubber that screeches our footprints into the field of snow. We [...]

A world map in black and white, gleaming and shining in Briney oblivion. Not something to be stuffed and mounted; too big. A blowhole atop a head speaking air, rows of perfect teeth fed by a diet of high protein fish, strictly Lo-Carb this animal No seaweed munching vegetarian. The water may be cold as [...]