Home is more than a place—it’s routine, responsibility, and the quiet spaces where life settles. These posts explore domestic realities tied to the author’s experience, where maintenance, environment, and everyday decisions shape comfort, tension, and the rhythm of living.
Our DIY bathroom renovation moves from concrete and framing to plumbing, windows and interior work. While the new space slowly takes shape, we keep an ageing shower alive, test the bath’s extra-wide sill with a wine glass, and discover that home improvements rarely follow the neat sequence shown online.
Bathroom Progress: DIY Plumbing, Concreting and Building Renovation Read More »
Why choose an adult cat over a kitten? For me, personality matters more than cuteness. Sharkey and Levi arrived as shelter cats, became family, and quietly accompanied the writing of SEETHINGS—sleeping on my desk, squeezing behind me on my chair, and softening the darker places explored in my fiction.
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Margo has collected feathers since childhood, rescuing each one she finds and carrying it home for safekeeping. Watching her reveals how much a simple habit can tell us about someone. Writers collect things too: gestures, expressions and peculiar behaviours that may one day give fictional characters their own convincing lives.
Orphaned Feathers. A Strange Collection Obsession of 60+ Years (or Healthy Hobby?) Read More »
Back to the renovation dust, tools, timber and half-finished kitchen plans. After a brief break, the house project resumes with wiring, wall removal, ceiling work, sink hunting and a visit from Alex, whose wooden sword briefly steals attention from the chaos of rebuilding a home one messy stage at a time.
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What does a writer do when he isn’t plotting fictional crimes and moral collapses? Sometimes he grabs a microphone. This light-hearted reflection explores the strange social ecosystem of karaoke—where dreamers, performers, veterans, and spectators collide beneath coloured lights, each chasing something a little different from the night.
Michael, What’s Happening, Dude? Read More »
Some cats arrive with confidence. Others arrive carrying fear, silence, and the scars of whatever came before. Levi was one of those cats. A rescue with haunted eyes and strange reactions, he slowly transformed a quiet house into a home — proving that sometimes the animals we rescue end up rescuing us too.
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She wasn’t meant for the ocean. Barely afloat, wings soaked and failing, the young pigeon had nothing left to give. What followed wasn’t dramatic heroism—just a quiet, urgent act of compassion. Sometimes saving a life doesn’t require strength, only the willingness to notice and care when it matters most.
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“What do you think it is?“ She replied. Have you got someone in your family or circle of friends who answers questions with questions? I asked a simple one the other night. Not a philosophical hoop. Not a trap. Not an invitation to spar. “What’s that?” I asked. It was a dessert. A small pastry
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It’s been four weeks since Levi (our beloved cat) passed, and I still measure time by the way his absence moves through the house. Some moments are quiet in a way they never were before. Others are loud with memory. Margo and I are deeply saddened. That sounds polite and distant, but the truth is
The Day Our House Went Quiet: Saying Goodbye to Levi Read More »
The author shares their love for wildlife, particularly the Pink-and-Grey Galah, that visits their home near Mandurah. Wild birds bring joy without the complications of caged pets. The piece emphasizes the importance of creating welcoming feeders, paralleling this with themes from the author’s books about freedom and safety.
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