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From the Wild
Feb 21, 202213 min read
Orientation
First thing, I called our GP to make an appointment, for Thursday when I have the day off work. It’s in the morning, at 9am, to get my...
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From the Wild
Feb 20, 20226 min read
Dawn
I’d not fallen asleep before midnight. Wordle time! I guessed HURTS. 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ Ah, three golden tiles isn’t that bad, but I have to figure...
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From the Wild
Feb 19, 202210 min read
Caught
I still feel pretty anxious about Nanek. This morning it was raining heavily when I woke up and, being Saturday, Dad offered to drive me...
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From the Wild
Feb 18, 20227 min read
Disunity
The good thing about living on such a large property is that it’s a fantastic place to run. This morning I went for a jog, which I don’t...
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From the Wild
Feb 17, 20228 min read
Biology
I had a restless night’s sleep. When I heard the front door click shut, as Mum and Dad left for work, I stopped trying to rest. I got up,...
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From the Wild
Feb 16, 202210 min read
Sting
This morning when I woke up, I felt anxious, too anxious to consider getting out of bed. I figured that I could knock off all three...
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From the Wild
Feb 15, 20228 min read
Mawar
We were frantically racing around the house this morning. Dad was already late for work, and we’d already burned two slices of toast,...
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From the Wild
Feb 14, 202218 min read
Heart
This morning, being Monday, the first thing that I did when I woke up was check the work group chat, then my emails. The new roster has...
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From the Wild
Feb 12, 20226 min read
Possibilities
Mum and Dad were eating croissants and drinking coffee on the back porch when I left for work. I kissed both of them on the head and bid...
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From the Wild
Feb 11, 20225 min read
Trampoline
A benefit of being trilingual is that I can do Wordle in three languages. Before work, though, I only had time to knock off the English...
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From the Wild
Feb 10, 20228 min read
Inspection
In the early hours of the morning, I woke up to an almighty thud. I sat up suddenly, panting, then threw back the covers. My heart was...
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From the Wild
Feb 9, 20226 min read
Beginnings
As soon as I woke up, it played on my mind that today would be the day that the animals were to fly to Perth. I had a shower then got...
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From the Wild
Feb 8, 20223 min read
Tomorrow
This morning I sipped a glass of orange juice in front of the TV in the staffroom at work. “It’ll be lonely without us around from...
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From the Wild
Feb 7, 20228 min read
Stagnated
By the time that I woke up this morning, Mum and Dad had already left for work. She’d left a note on the kitchen island. Hope it goes...
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From the Wild
Feb 6, 202210 min read
Launceston
I awoke to the sound of the door clicking shut, with a soft gasp. Propping myself up onto my elbows, Sloane wandered into the room with a...
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From the Wild
Feb 5, 20225 min read
Show
When I woke up, I slipped into the shower, to wash and feel refreshed before the others had woken up. I took my clothes in, so that I...
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From the Wild
Feb 4, 20227 min read
Road
I appreciate the serenity of the morning. There’s a second of peace I experience before reality hits me over the head once again, and...
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From the Wild
Feb 3, 20223 min read
Bike
In the early hours of this morning, I was tossing and turning, unable to sleep, the thought of the tiger filling my mind. It seemed like...
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From the Wild
Feb 2, 20224 min read
Care
I was still awake at midnight, when a call came through from Nanek. My heart thumped within my chest, but I could hear excitement in her...
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From the Wild
Feb 1, 20229 min read
Tiger
There was a part of me glad to be getting up early for work this morning. It served as an opportunity to take my mind off yesterday....
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