Friendship and Sunshine
How do you measure friendship? Who can you count on? Genuine friends are hard to find – here’s a description of a man I’m proud to call my friend. Above:…
Getting the cuts
I attended an all boys school in Geelong. It was catholic. The culture was toxic on many levels. Getting the cuts was being strapped on the hand by a heavy…
Postcards from Hell
When is the right time to change? I nearly left it too late. This was kind of confronting to write. Its not easy to fess up to being as low…
When Winning Isn’t Everything
I wrote this when I was President of Grampians Hockey back in 2005. I read it out at the presentation night and then filed it away somewhere. Grampians Hockey has…
Collateral Damage
This was hard to write. But I feel better for having done it. This is for hundreds of people but in particular the following -Ralph Steiner who knew there…
Regrets
This story is not a work of fiction – its what I remember to be true. It first appeared in a charming little magazine called Morbid Curiosity under the title…
Why Cloudbusting by Kate Bush Made Me Cry
Well this is awkward. Real men don’t cry especially over 80’s music videos. I have to confess to being well, wooden would be generous, when it comes to my emotions.…