Tag Archive for ‘kizuna’

Between The Cracks

Here’s a grab bag of things I haven’t mentioned yet, because I was obsessing about other things.. We’ve just done the Diwali/Halloween/Guy Fawkes fortnight here in India. Eva’s absolute favourite time of year, probably because there’s only a few nights to wait before the next celebration. Though she’d never admit it, I wouldn’t be surprised [...]

Things That Make Malaysians Happy

Okay. Things. And stuff. When this Malaysian chef heard the news I have for you today, his insane glee was so infectious that my daughter had to capture it on film. No lie. *** I’ve been ginger nutted, in the first instance. Didn’t hurt at all – in fact, it was a very pleasant experience. [...]

Ebola & Me

You know when you achieve a thing, but then might not have, and then definitely did but it doesn’t count so well done and apologies all at once? That. That was my day. All a bit disheartening, and takes the fun out of stuff. Meh. My gloomy reaction is no doubt compounded by my struggle [...]

Clowns To The Left Of Me

My head’s still spinning. December Book in one hand. Cuckoo in the other. Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right… You get the idea. Above is a Wordle, a neat word diagram dragged together from the most frequently used words found in my short story ‘Sharan Gali’. You can grab the story [...]

Kizuna and Japanese Orphans

Some of you may have noticed a new anthology pop on my website yesterday, Kizuna: Fiction for Japan. It exists because the editor, Brent Mills, decided that he wanted to do something to help the people in Japan who were most hurt by the massive category 9.0 earthquake that hit earlier this year, and the [...]