A Random Selection...
THE POLICEMAN AND THE PROSTITUTE
I had come to Suva on business. The town had much changed but I found a park for my car and headed down the street. I hadn’t gone far when a very deep voice behind me... › more
War in the Desert
They must have gathered him up off the battlefield with a rake and a sugarbag. He was scarred pretty well everywhere, either from the seams where they’d sewed him together... › more
Pheasants
In the days before colour TV there was a fairly limited range of amusements for dairy farmers. Tied to the two milking times each day for most of the year, they were lucky if... › more
The Cow
For the first twenty years of my life, my father kept a cow. Not the same cow of course, but a succession of cows, one at a time. This must have taken a good deal of... › more
Schooldays
Conventional wisdom used to have it that your schooldays were the best days of your life. I can't say that my schooldays were especially dismal, but I feel deeply sorry for... › more