Jessica Oliver shared this piece at our July Story-share on the theme of ‘Contentment’. The trouble with language, is that it struggles to convey the depth of lived experience. Words on their own become definitive full stops. This word meansRead more…
Behind the wheel
I didn’t realise how hard my hands were gripping the wheel until about an hour past Karratha. After two years, I had really left Roebourne. I’d just driven outta there in the Landcruiser with 750kgs worth of vintage caravan inRead more…
Finding contentment
Contentment is something I don’t think about too much but is critical to my (and I imagine most people’s) mental, spiritual, emotional and physical health. I have always perceived it as our underlying condition, not as flippant as other emotionsRead more…
Letting go of the in-between
As a small child I remember an adult once telling me with a distinct tone of self-suffering that, whilst for them life passed by in a blur of appointments and responsibilities, life for a child stretched out into the dimRead more…