December 2023

The film Lion, set in both India and Australia, depicts a well-adjusted young man before something affects him so deeply he leaves his career, state and beloved partner behind, hiding himself away and succumbing to what looks like an unkempt life of obsession and secrecy.

August 2022

Some years back a ten-pound Pom migrated to Australia from England along with her husband. They temporarily stayed in a camp where they had two children, a boy and a girl. While the children were still very young she ran off with another man. A couple of weeks later she returned for her children but was cornered by her abandoned husband, so left and never came back.

November 2021

I was living in England at the time of Brexit, an interesting time of tension and change in that society. There was a clear divide of ideas in the staff room and even walking down the main street I would never forget seeing a man holding a sign saying Vote Leave and turning to see someone else holding a Remain sign just five metres away. 

November 2021

Something I’ve made a point to observe for more than a decade is:

a) red flags that people are going to resign

b) reasons people actually give for resigning

I have also watched if a and b are in congruence as well as other people’s reactions and responses to both a and b.

November 2021

One day at work I received a phone call where there was just silence on the other end of the phone. It reminded me of high school - a time I received many calls with nothing but silence coming down the line. This was back in the days when we only had landlines. My family got so jack of it that we changed ours to a private number.