Daniel twitched just slightly as he sat waiting for her. She was a bit late having to finish her chores on the family station. Penrose was the largest property in the area for her family had been in this region since the mid-30s. It had grown decidedly since her grandfather first posted as his squat with only a handful of sheep and sheer bloody-mindedness. His people had been here forever but the family spoke about how their grandfather had been a breaker on cattle propert

‘I'm innocent,’ said little Timmy. ‘I don't think so’, said the teacher. ‘Yep it wasn't me’. ‘Wasn't you who did what?’ 'Stole the money out of your draw and pulled Jemma's hair’. ‘Look you little drop kick, it's time to own up to your bad behaviour.’ ‘But I don't have bad behaviour.’ ‘Ha! are you joking? But you're right it's not bad it's abysmal!’ The other five-year-olds looked on in amazement and stunned silence. ‘Look Timmy Johnson that money was mine.' ‘Mine too.' ‘No i

The circumstance of his predicament was judgier than his preoccupation for procrastination and protestation. Not knowing his own level of self-importance and ability to talk absolute bull shit, he looked upon the other occupants of the life raft with derision and disgust just as he struggled to understand their predicament. The land, just peeking over the horizon, was coming closer with every stroke of the oars as they pulled in unison. Well, one side pulled in unison whilst

When I was about 10 years old there were a number of different issues that I was learning to navigate. For adult women there was a preoccupation with feminism and equal treatment. For men there was an obsession with being known for ‘having a big one’, though, as a 10 year old in a conservative catholic family, I wasn’t completely sure about what it was a big one of. And for me, the big question was, what on earth was the Ford F150 supposed to be? The F150 was big by 1982 stan

‘How on earth do you know?’ ‘I don’t know.’ ‘You mean it’s a hunch.’ ‘A kind of inner sense. Hunch sounds…uncouth.’ ‘Oh come on. Are you letting intrusive thoughts in again?’ (Mumbles) ‘Ablist trash.’ ‘What?’ ‘Potash. I need to get some more potash.’ ‘What?’ ‘The roses. They can’t live on banana skins alone.’ ‘Are you all right?’ ‘Anyway I’m sure of it. He’s bullshitting.’ ‘Hmm. And how does your inner sense come up with this?’ ‘The notebook he lent