ISLANDBABY
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
About Me
- Name: highlander islander
Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money. MOLIERE
Previous Posts
- THE OLD PROFILE
- bobbing for james
- our beloved : a quiet revolution
- holding my breath
- a long little drive
- topsy turvy
- it is what it is
- quentin
- long sight
- le grande
Archives
- May 2005
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- August 2005
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- October 2005
- December 2005
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- August 2006
- September 2006
- October 2006
- November 2006
- December 2006
- January 2007
- February 2007
- March 2007
- April 2007
- May 2007
- June 2007
- July 2007
- August 2007
- September 2007
- October 2007
- November 2007
- December 2007
- January 2008
- February 2008
- March 2008
- April 2008
- May 2008
- June 2008
- July 2008
- August 2010
- 2008 : THE YEAR OF ALEX
- november rain
- i am ready
- not playing confidently
- baby is a hurtler
- when people look like me
- 8 things
- moving closer to melbourne than madang
- everything matters
- zero tolerance on racism
- this day will never happen again
- quit smoking
- random valentine
- baby got ink
- port moresby & kit
- trying not to bounce
- always bet on black
- butterflies weren't made for nets
- licking the dirt
- the tiger inside
- rebirth
- a microwave and rake : where my life is at
- NEVER NEVER NEVER GIVE UP
- i am
- rick astley was right
- can you send me
- sometimes old people forget
- i thought that i was free
- underachiever
- driving across victoria
- getting lost in wa
- yesterday
- just october
- 22
- an australian summer is starting
- so sydney
- told you so
- my brother lax
- losing mydad
- a love letter from my sister : the dilettante, the life lover, the future fighter
- mymama : she is the bomb
- bare-bum
- we need each other
- i have i have i have
- why I love woo
- walking away from ricebag
- not jumping ricebag
- what oprah said
- my perfect ring of stars
- where the kissing ends
- potter potter
- plus one
- on limerence : & on j lusting ricebag
- ricebag in like
- sori tumas
- the impossible love : part 1 : a warrior
- the impossible love : part 2 : love another
- so so proud : png thumbing the usa
- when people look like me
- sogeri
- tufi : wahu fili & wahine
- when in madang
- voting for change
- zero tolerance on racism in png
- goroka show 2006
- independence : so proud
- png : land out of time
- ricebag is indian
- butterflies and motorcycle barriers
- pakistan : polo : prayers
- japan calling
- london : just exactly heaven
- tibet intro
- kamberra