BIRTHDAY MONTH

We all know Robinson was born a month before Jesus, on November 25. That always makes November busy. She regards the whole month as her birthday and I’d be mad not to go along with it. Alcohol at any desired time of day. Gifts for the thrill of it all. The unbearable lightness of being. …

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A GLASS HALF FULL

I’ve been gifted an almost perfect body. Thanks Mum and Dad. Tall, slim, broad shouldered, a reckless inexhaustible appetite, no weight gain no matter what, no hangover no matter how much wine, no medication, no illness, no worries. I know that’s probably annoying. It’s entirely genetics. I’m not boasting. I’ve never been a fitness fanatic …

DON’T CALL US WE’LL CALL YOU

Robinson is in such fractious dispute with Australia Post I run and hide every time one of their little white vans turns into our Road. Which is often. Sometimes I leave my half-eaten profiteroles abandoned on the bench seat out the front. I’m nervous that the driver is going to stab me just for living …