Contents
I can hardly wait to show you....................... iv
oma rocks the cradle............................ 1
working for a generation.......................... 2
poppy cakes.................................... 4
frenki boy....................................... 5
the exuberance of my aunt....................... 7
you know mum’s cooking....................... 10
loss of faith................................... 11
picnic story................................... 13
from inside the outhouse....................... 17
nightman...................................... 19
half moon at the trapdoor...................... 21
the dawn of civilisation.......................... 22
butcher’s paper.................................. 24
rabbit-o.................................... 26
the hallways of st joseph’s....................... 27
pine-needle tea and stabbing trees............... 28
spe-lli-ng b-y nu-mbe-rs............................ 30
fast-track perambulation......................... 31
pumpkin-rock terrorists.......................... 33
despatching tiny rubbish (and things like that)..... 35
facade catches............................... 37
sunsets are…................................. 39
discovering tv................................ 40
finch street elms................................ 41
fires of autumn.................................. 43
at easter................................... 44
a tricky place (the annual fete)..................... 46
crackers.................................... 50
state of the art.............................. 56
relentlessness................................ 58
holes in pockets................................. 60
yonnie power................................ 61
fight ........................................ 63
hating whitey................................ 66
mcalpine’s cherries............................ 67
sweet maureen.............................. 69
in the rooms................................. 70
football and law................................. 72
growing pains................................ 73
swimming on the royal reserve.................... 74
distance across ford street....................... 75
on a new year’s eve............................ 76
libby’s puzzle................................. 77
finishing school and wedding maths................ 79
#1 finishing school............................. 79
#2 wedding maths.......................... 80
not the mandalay................................ 81
memorial park.............................. 82
a cockys morning............................... 84
between sink and stove........................... 85
from the sticks.............................. 87
role to play.................................... 88
vale.......................................... 89
palmer’s not.................................. 91
small-town kids.................................. 92
broken english.............................. 93
circular square town.......................... 94
Other Works................................... 95
