Society & Culture
This was not planned!I'm not trying to Trojan horse my creative writing into a conversational podcast feed.This is just me dealing, and trying to keep up with, change.I promise I am busy, busy, reaching out to amazing creative souls, not just here in Sydney but further afield.'The Headstone' was a short story I wrote in almost one sitting on a Sunday afternoon in February, 2011. My wife was at work and my 14 month old son was burning through a fever which rendered him listless and without energy. As he went through many stretches of sleep, I found myself drawn to the keyboard, an idea just overwhelmed me and compelled me to write.The inspiration for message on a headstone to spark a story about connection had come to me a few weeks before and rattled around my brain like a pebble trapped inside a tumbling washing machine. What happened this day to draw this story out of me, I can only think had to do with my pondering on the relationship my son and I would have and also after an at times turbulent 14/15 months with both work and family, the guilt I felt at having this time on my hands to indulge my passion while my son drifted in and out of an uneasy sleep.I hope you enjoy this story. I'm delighted to be able to bring it to you.Music by adrift (Live @ The Isaac Butt, 2003) Photo by Greg Ortega, https://unsplash.com/@antisocia1?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText