Chapter One
Trigger warning: Pedophilia references. I sit down at a blank screen, the cursor blinking like a tiny thing in a sea of white. I stare at…
This Is Not It
Will you take me as I am? Will you? – Joni Mitchell She’s small, the police officer, a no-nonsense kind of woman. I can tell she’s trying…
Brutal to Begin With
I pull the car around the corner, pressing the remote that’s clipped to the sun visor. The garage door whirs to life, clinking upwards, revealing the…
The First Day
I trudge through Woolworths, reassured by the portable plastic vomit bag tucked into my handbag a health nurse had so kindly given me, hoping desperately I…
Then to Now
This is one of my favourite posts to put together each year. I sit down with a cold drink and some favourite music and I look…
Renovations, Part One
Oh, hi there. Just popping in with a little update. It’s week three of our house renos and let’s just say that this is generally how…
The In Between
“Hey B, do you want to live here where there’s lots of houses or at Chris and Al’s where there’s lots of trees and birds?” “Trees…
When We Die
“Am I going to die, mum?” she asks, a tiny voice coming from the backseat. I pause, thrown off centre, turning my head to meet her…
Six: A Family Session — Red Tent Photography & Film
“I don’t care whose DNA has recombined with whose. When everything goes to hell, the people who stand by you without flinching – they are your…
Harper Willow: A Birth Story — Red Tent Photography & Film
On Wednesday the 8th of June, I had the privilege of documenting the birth of Harper Willow Newing, an experience so beautiful I can’t really, probably…
