Max has gone to the garage. I’ve just looked in. He’s climbed into the car to play. I’ve decided to make the most of the opportunity to...

‘She left.’ ‘Why?’ ‘I don’t know. Urgent call of the wild? It was thirty years ago.’ ‘Where did she go?’ ‘I don’t know. She turned up in Arizona a few years later, I saw a news report some concert. She teamed up with some Peruvian band and an elephant re-wilding program, I seem to remember.’ ‘Odd combo for an engineer.’ ‘It would have been odd if it weren’t odd.’ I carry on kneading the dough, pounding a touch harder as images of Rosa’s schoolhood tick past in my memory. Are

Leaves fall from the tree as the season changes, colder shorter days of autumn becoming winter. some trees lose their leaves knowing...

‘Plastic bags! You wrapped my presents in plastic bags?’ It is what is inside that counts. ‘And what Op Shop did these come from? Well?’...