WRITING: OTHER
ARTICLE: Contemplating parenting in the midst of a pandemic?
Why not! Sydney Morning Herald, 4 August 2020 |
SHORT STORY: Peter's short story JUST PLAIN EDDIE won an Amnesty International writing competition - "Candle in the Dark" (published by Shoalhaven). The stories in the book "deal with the dark night of the human condition" but this is balanced and "transcended by light, whether it be love, or hope or the human spirit."
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HECKLE: Click HERE for Pete's rant about the redundancy of daily FM-radio traffic reports. "If you're sitting in traffic, you don't need your radio telling you about the traffic you're sitting in."
Heckler, Sydney Morning Herald, 17.08.10 Following the column, the Triple M Grill Team phoned Peter (although they call him Dave at the start) for a chat: |
HECKLE: Click HERE for Pete's rant about annoying daily crossword puzzles. But that's only cos he can't solve them.
Heckler, Sydney Morning Herald, 17.07.12 |
HECKLE: Click HERE for Pete's little tribute to growing up. "The older you get, the more you sound like your parents..."
Heckler, Sydney Morning Herald, 09.08.04 |
HECKLE: Click HERE to see why Pete is not a fan of sky writers. "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore!"
Heckler, Sydney Morning Herald, 11.09.13 |
HECKLE: Click HERE to read Peter's (unpublished) tirade about how much he detests Halloween. Written for Heckler before he realised Heckler doesn't heckle anymore. RIP Heckler. October 2016.
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MEMOIRS: Click HERE to read Peter's memoirs about growing up. They are not particularly exciting, but if you remember 5-for-1c lollies, ABBA, school shoes with a compass in the sole, the K-Tel record Selector and the world before the internet ruined everything, you might just get it...
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BLOG: Click HERE to read the war diary of Peter's Great Uncle Sgt Jack Graham - Gallipoli Light-Horseman. Peter is "blogging" these diary entries, 100 years later, to the day (1914-1918 > 2014-2018).
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BLOG: Through Pete's wife's (Meredith) work at Opportunity, they spent several weeks visiting communities in the Philippines. Click HERE to read the blog of their travels as they were inspired by humble people and impressive workers changing lives. |