COMING HOME IS SOMETIMES HARDER THAN LEAVING : our heroine, the prodigal daughter, the wandering highlander islander girl, having run the world over - in 2005 returned to Papua New Guinea Proper for the first time - there she lived a little and loved a little too - in 2007 she landed Closer To Melbourne Than Madang and awoke in 2008 "The Year of Alex" - a year to Reclaim her BestSelf to be a GoodGirl to be Better to be Kinder to HurtHerself Less - by clasping her heart and veering hard left
Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money. MOLIERE
A sheet of late afternoon rain falls, catching the setting sun as Papua New Guinea goalkeeper Tapas Posman clears the ball during an Oceania Nations Cup game against New Zealand. Photograph by Tim Clayton, a Fairfax photogrpaher published in SMH.
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