The story so far
I'm from Adelaide, but I'm living in Abu Dhabi right now. One day, I saw a gold leaf four wheel drive. It made me cry.
My first novel, Black Dust Dancing, was published by Wakefield Press in March 2009. It looks like this:
Category Archives: Adelaide from Adelaide
It's not quite one place, but it's not the other neither
One day, when I was trawling the internet for previously unknown information about myself* I found a review of a journal in which I had been published. The reviewer summarised my piece thusly: “Tracy Crisp on Dubai”. For a few … Continue reading
Advice, freely dispensed
Every year at Adelaide Fringe and Festival time the searches for nutri grain nuts and bolts and ‘slow as a wet wig’ diminish in proportion to the number of searches for ‘jokes about Adelaide’ and ‘Adelaide jokes’. I suspect not all of these searches are by visiting comedians, Continue reading
Commentary
I am in the camp who believes you are not funny if you are being mean. But I have made an exception for Ricky Gervais.
Not at all Buddhist
Dear ‘roach It’s not me, it’s you, and in addition, this probably won’t hurt me as much as it’s gonna hurt you. Yours &c TC
Pigeons
The moments between the bird’s entrance through the door and exit through the window were filled with drama and cake.
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Putting two and two together
So today youngest lad is wondering why santa claus brought him a box of coco pops* and a packet of chewing gum*, and brought the kid upstairs a dsi excel. Continue reading
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No, the emporer is not naked
On the subject of my iPad, the mister’s father asks, ‘So what is the difference between that and a laptop?’ The mister holds his breath again. ‘The iPad is cool and plus the laptop has a keyboard.’ The tension in … Continue reading
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View from a bridge
Youngest Lad has never been scared of making his feelings known . . he comes from a long line of activists . . and he rarely loses .
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Right, I'm off to the gym
You know all that stuff I said about escaping the pressures of December? Yeah, right. I would like to say that I tackled yesterday evening with grace and generosity; that I recognised we are both under a bit of pressure … Continue reading
More ponderous
Living in a Muslim country makes for a surprisingly awesome Christmas. The difficulties and complexities are stripped away, or at least easily ignored, and from this distance it’s very hard to insult anyone or be insulted by anyone in the … Continue reading
