02/12/2022 — Little Jess had taken, in her parent’s opinion, her playtime with trains too far. This was the third day in a row she was on strike due to pay and working conditions.

01/12/2022 — There was a science to the floordrobe, he was told by his girlfriend. But Tom’d be arsed if he could see it.

30/11/2022 — The four brothers saw the rain fall for the fifth day in a row and grinned. Mud footy season was upon them.

29/11/2022 — The laundry list of offerings at the beauticians was too much for Geoff, who settled with a voucher for his wife, the safest option.

28/11/2022 — Sally kept a track of how many drinks she’d had that night by plucking a sequin off her top for each one she slammed.

27/11/2022 — It was the tale of two summers. Ash raining from the sky for one, and inexhaustible rain for the other.

26/11/2022 — The condensation from the bottle tickled a long lost memory in the table wood, of when it stood tall and proud and not flat and dead, a resting place for elbows and overpriced food.

25/11/2022 — Taco Tuesday turned into Woozy Wednesday for Abe after a few too many tequilas.

24/11/2022 — The Indian myna birds harassed the larger magpie, weighed down as it was with a discarded slice of Wonder White from the asphalt of a school playground.