It has been close to thirty years since I watched the film The Silence of the Lambs. It is a day I shall never forget. What led to it was a sequence of events, beginning
My unknown antagonistMy unknown antagonist
Some people I know, when relating their or their family’s medical problems describe them as being very rare, something seldom found in the textbooks, a rather special case. Having observed how much better they are
SeedbankSeedbank
At the window the blank of a dayedges up from an unseen horizon.A sudden tang of air shoulders space awayopens a door to a place long forgotten where scent seeded the rich red soil burnt
The things I didn’t doThe things I didn’t do
When I was ten years old my mother and father travelled overseas for a month and left my older sister, brother and me in the care of a lady who, being what seemed a great
The names we areThe names we are
You bear a name from birth, not to distinguish you from the 9,579 other Donovans but to identify you as a person whom can be addressed and, unless one of those other 9,579 other Donovans
Two poemsTwo poems
A moment of unknowing I find my way to the bedand slowly nest myself between the sheetscareful not to awaken her sleep.Perhaps she dreams far from mewith people and places known and unknown surfacing from
A salutary lessonA salutary lesson
At school we had a resident cynic. “One thing I’ll never be is a dentist- imagine looking into people’s mouths all day.” was the least cynical statement I remember him making – he had a
A revelation of elevationA revelation of elevation
When I was small, I remember my older brother, seven years my senior, excitedly telling my father that Mercedes Benz spent an enormous amount of money perfecting the sound of the car door’s closing. Smooth,
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I approach the bed in darkness my head feeling happy for tomorrow there’s that coffee arrangement to look forward to and then…I slow need something there, search the cupboard, bare must find a place-filler for
CONCLAVE – the movieCONCLAVE – the movie
(Warning: this is not a movie review but a personal response. It will contain spoilers so do not read if in mind to watch Conclave) “Unpersuasive” was the word used by a critic of Conclave.