Here´s to Roppotucha´s Creatures!
The last weeks and months have been weighing on me health-wise and heart-wise, with the Muse turning up her nose, but who can blame her with all that´s been going… more
Politics
Things are not always as they seem
Tonight I attended an event at Vienna’s Amerika Haus: WHY DOES UKRAINE MATTER TO THE U.S. – AND WHAT IS AT STAKE FOR EUROPE? A discussion with NOLAN PETERSON, Kyiv-based… more
Just Breathing
Try as he may, the Ugly Amerikan can´t kill off all the mockingbirds, and Plastic Betrand can´t avoid his pact with Mephisto, to name but a couple of the gang… more
Just one of 20,000 plus
After two months in Australia touring the south-western part of the continent and enjoying some quality time with family in Melbourne and Sydney, and a quick jaunt to visit writing… more
Somebody in Clifton loves me, and an Aussie abroad
I´d never heard of Clifton until I kept seeing the place as a permanent fixture in my analytics. Clifton, New Jersey, USA: a sleepy town whose only claim to fame seems… more
Playing politics in Austr(al)ia and some publishing tricks
I used to smile at the links between the country of my birth and that of my passport – the No Kangaroos in Austria slogan on T-shirts and fridge magnets,… more
Of oxymorons, sheep and words
I’ve always been optimistic, but lately there’ve been some reality bytes. Despite the veneer of a new PM, the Australian government continues its horrific attitude towards asylum seekers and now… more
Coming home?
A recent month back in the land where I grew up and where I am glad to have done so had me reflecting. I’ve now spent more years outside Australia… more
Help may be out there – in fiction!
Since I talked to you last some strange things have happened: a reading, an election, and a spill on the horizon. All this has got me thinking and I guess,… more