The day began wet, leaking down tiled roofs and meeting in puddles wherever the soil failed to direct it away. Days of rain threatened the porous pages of the books stacked upon my bedside table. In cool corners moisture gathered…

He tread through the unfamiliar garden, catching spots of moss soaking in the shadows of recently groomed plants. His body was tentative, dragging slightly behind each step, reluctant to greet the suited gentleman whose trouser hems were cut far too…

It was delightful to reminiscing on days of 4WD in Levuka, Queensland. I was in the children part of the group, whooping and cheering with all the enthusiasm of someone not actually doing the job yet reaping full benefits of…

Wine, travel, sailing, coasts, beaches, fishing. So many directions to go. I opted for the bustle of a port that services cruise ships. On reflection, it may have been nice to talk about a dock like that when it wasn't…

Today was so much easier to find focus. I instantly thought of a butterfly as a verb to describe how your eyes move across a garden when you're feeling peaceful. How it is like a photograph in slow motion that…

It felt a lot harder to focus my thoughts this morning. As I started to write my thoughts distracted me with different directions. If I were to go about this again, I would focus on this woman being the light…

Whenever I see Quarter I naturally think ‘Quarter Short’ so had to shove that aside and went for time - a quarter of an hour. It felt appropriate to consider waiting rooms or any space designated for waiting. I really…

My thoughts went straight to twigs cracking underfoot, like on the hunt. Naturally, I tried to find something else to focus on instead of going with that first instinct. It also means I can come back to this word another…

Ever place an order without cheese? Spring onion, maybe? Pickle. What you do you feel when you find that unwelcome guest in your mouth?

The salty brine jumped out at her, slipping from between the meat batty and bun. The…

There are some sounds that are so interrupting, that it's difficult to piece together thought. I could hear some water dribbling nearby which I focused on, but focused on it made it even more interrupting. It was delightful to write…

This was absolutely delightful. After focusing on the minutiae of things it was nice to go in the literal opposite direction with this one. I can't say I would be enthralled to enter this forest but I have had a…

The word ‘Curtain’ can go in any direction, bedroom curtain, hospital curtain, changing room curtain, curtaining yourself behind something, makeshift curtain (like getting changed after a swim at the beach). And that's not taking into account “curtaining” as a verb…