‘Shall I look up some local eateries?’ He has phone poised and ready, Google imminent. 'Why don't we ask the concierge?' 'I duno, I saw a bunch of restaurants on the way in from the airport.' She ignores him and trots up to the hotel desk, as chirpily as a ten hour flight will allow. 'Hi, could you recommend some nearby restaurants, please? Low-key, not far, not too expensive. Do you have something that's a local speciality?' 'Ah, yes,' the man behind the strangely low desk n

Low? Mow? Mowed? Row? Rowed? Sow? Sowed Slow? Slowed? Tow? Snow? Hello? Blow? Blown? Crow? Crowed? Flow? Flowed? Know? Grow? Glow? Glowed? The English teacher at a school in Frankfurt Germany taught his students, as shown. The English speaking student called out What about vow? What about row? What about cow? What about bow? What about how? What about now? What about wow? What about brow? What about brown? What about clown? What about frown? What about down? Then, again, Wh

Sitting in a big comfy chair Charlie looked out the window of his mummy’s house, well, soon-to-be his house, and wondered how to best handle this new found position that circumstance had landed him. He has known about this job his whole life. He has, literally, been in training, in rehearsal but on the wings of this job for his whole life. He has always known that, one day, he would hold this position. The major downside was, that for him to get this job, his mum had to d

The sun came up over Stradbroke like a raging bushfire, lighting the dawn sky with streaks of red and orange. Kookaburras cackled in the gum trees as I took my morning cuppa onto the deck and chose a spot in the sun. The warmth of the coffee seeped into my winter bones as I sat on the sofa. In the garden, the dragon fruit had dropped their night flowers and the pink fruits were firming. Almost too beautiful to eat. A flurry amongst the foliage brought a sulphur crested co

It was two nights in a row that I saw the glow in the sky. It hung there, waiting. At least to me it felt like it was waiting. Waiting for what? I did not know. By night four I decided I was going to wait. For what? I did not know. My eyes started to droop just as the glow expanded to the ground. Then a three-legged creature walked toward me. It also glowed from top to bottom, so much so that it was difficult to discern its features other than the three legs. “Hello,” I said,

- I am slow. - Turtles are slow. - Slow like a well of ink drying. - Fast like ink drying on the page. - Does the ink dry just as fast as on well and page. - The ink in pen seems to be dry. - My pen indents the page. - My ink returns and leaves. ۭ °Do I need to wait? ۭ Do I need to use the other side of my pen. ۬Should I ask someone for a pen? Would they have an inkling of mercy for me? Never mind my pen is working aga

"You Glow." There was a brief silence. "Really… You think so?" A tentative response. "Oh, yes… I mean: sometime women merely… shine… But you glow…" "Now you’re just… well… Being too much…" "No…no…no…I would not lie about a thing like that…truly… The halo around your head…gives it away. You know…Like when the moon has a halo… It is really obvious." A lot of smiling all 'round. The woman glanced about. The other couples were deep in their own conversations. To be hon