Eden. The word doesn’t need adornment, alone it evokes the image of paradise.Except, it doesn’t in my case. Though not hell by any means, my Eden wasn’t the paradise you should find yourself praying for.For you see, my Eden was,...
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Notorious Ned Kelly, Australia’s Larrikin Legend
"Two is twice as nice"
Notorious has a B.I.G bad rap.Like what attention seeking whore wouldn’t take infamy if that was the only game in town. Some ancient artist once said everyone will be world-famous for fifteen minutes.No way, I wanted more than a quarter...
Love’s Labour’s Won?
"The bar, the Goddess and the moment."
As I slipped onto a bar stool in Sydney's historic Marble Bar, the thigh-high split in my dress parted and perfectly showcased my bronzed sun-kissed leg. That spectacle was wasted on the barman who was otherwise occupied, inspecting my ample,...
Great Southern Land – Finding freedom on a prisoner’s island
"The memory of a winter past maps a summer of discovery"
There is a photograph, a picture taken many years ago. And it stands on the mantlepiece in our family home.The photograph is dominated by a young woman, blonde and beautiful with her hair in pigtails. And the dappled winter light...
The why seems so ephemeral to meIt is the feelings that solidly punch Loves labour's been lostBecause unfriended was clicked We could fly you and IIn oddly interesting waysI've crashed out of your journeyBecause unfriended was clicked You liked me to go, powerfullyAt times I followed, admiringlyOthers...
The Sinn Girls: Apprenticeship in Sinn
"Annie the Aussie becums part of the team"
“Bye Annie, see you soon,” Miss Hoffmann said with a smile.And as Miss Hoffmann and Miss Sinn wandered out of the Savoy with Sir Adrian, I couldn’t help but stare. Pixie was a delight, small that is true but perfectly...
A deeper love
"Fleur blossoms when she meets the girl next door"
Parking, I notice her, she is just standing in the yard next door looking at me. She is willowy, with blond hair, and strikingly good looking. So much like Phoebe. My heart lurches with the memory of my first love.Our...
A Deeper Love – Part 2
"Fleur's feelings for Andie deepen."
Drifting awake, I open my eyes and see Andie sitting close by on a chair, naked. She is drawing, charcoal I think. She smiles, radiantly, and I melt.“Morning, lover. I couldn’t resist drawing you,” she says in a sultry way.Lover,...
Turkish Delight – Part 2
"A second evening with Cara"
Late in the afternoon we each had a quick swim, then pulled on t-shirts and wandered back down the beach. This time Jack strode ahead up the path to the cabins. Cara said, "You know I like being last, the...