Black Top Road – of Piedmont Blues
Upright sleeves of vinyl records – Mayall, Joplin and Bloomfield – sit above a dishevelled shelf of seventy assorted blues CDs, and these days an under-used turntable. I read the CD titles from left to right, tucking in a Broonzy and dusting off a Burnside. I grab...
Birds of Paradise – chickens rule OK
They sit in the kitchen – Mr and Mrs L – overlooking a backyard of woodpiles, wheelbarrows and tussocks of native grass. It’s early summer. The pungent scent of rambling Chinese jasmine wafts across the yard and mingles with the smell of last night’s rain. The weekend...
The Ghost Dance – mixing memories
"I have sent for you and I am glad to see you. I am going to talk to you after awhile about your relatives who are dead and gone.’" – Wovoka, Paiute American Indian prophet From Pierre I catch the first available flight to Los...
Indian Summers : Mumbai and Beyond – Warm recollections of an Indian sojourn.
A signed hard copy of Indian Summers – the perfect gift for lovers of all things Indian – is a tactile, beautifully presented collection of 13 stories complete with a mosaic of richly coloured photos; equally at home in a backpack or on a coffee table. The...