in a roundabout way.

Roundabout, noun: a road junction formed around a central circle about which traffic moves in one direction only —called also circle, traffic circle. Roundabouts and I aint talking right now. Well, the big curvaceous, rotundas ones….Ok, I’ll engage in a little blah blah conversation. Just to be, like, polite. You know…to avoid a scene. But those uptight little circumferential, self centered ones? Forget it. You see, we had this wee [continue reading this...]

morning meditation.

Up early this morning to sit zazen1, then outside to play with Smudge. Trying to get back into the routine of sitting every morning. Which has slipped of late. In fact I was having so much fun tooling around with the dog that I totally forgot breakfast. Then sit down again, this time to write. Its interesting to note my feelings around this new space. Whilst before, I had over [continue reading this...]

A brief histrory of hair removal.

People never seem to be satisfied with what they have got. Many  naturally balding men spend thousands of dollars a year on potions and cremes to stimulate a little regrowth ( and don’t even get me started on the toupees and the comb-overs), whist people such as myself, who have been blessed with a relatively full head of hair, spend a considerable wad of cash on razors to maintain a [continue reading this...]

wild death.

Riding my motorbike to work this morning brought me up alongside a sad scene. On the main road, right in front of the hospital, a kangaroo lay across the median strip. At first I though he was dead. Hit by some car in the dawn gloom. But as I pulled alongside, he lifted his head and looked up at me forlornly. I pulled over, dismounted and walked back to see [continue reading this...]

juggling lemons.

When it comes to juggling…I suck lemons. In an attempt to improve my hand eye coordination skills, I’m trying to teach myself the oh so cool art of juggling. And whilst I don’t have a set of actual juggling balls, I do have access to my parents fruit laden lemon tree. Its simple. Take a deep breath and center yourself. Throw the first lemon gently up in a tight loop [continue reading this...]