oberonsghost

Scribbles away in a garret overlooking the Illawarra Railway. Edits ESIA reports. Spends much time on trains. Lives in interesting* times. Pines for the Round Pond. Looks on in horror as the world turns to custard. Listens to much #BBCRadio3. Walk with me.

Last Notes

2025-05-27 08:10:26 UTC

A teenage girl buys a single railway ticket, cash, from a minor station. Attending her is an over-solicitous 30-something bloke, keen to make sure no one sees him, or the girl. They get off the train, she’s happy, unconcerned. He looks nervous. Should I be worried?

2025-01-21 01:39:06 UTC

Embussed. The Juan Fangio wannabe at the wheel is running 10 minutes late and trying to make up the deficit . Hold on!

2025-01-17 01:02:29 UTC

Out and about. With my cardigan. IN JANUARY!

2025-01-16 05:41:03 UTC

Unpopular (?) opinion: that R&B/Soul-lite/soft soft rock/disc version of the Girl From Ipanema has none of the charm, wonder, desire, and longing of the original.

2024-12-25 23:36:42 UTC

A NSW police officer complains about being sacked; says he’s “not suited to investigating DV cases,” ignoring a small thing called “operating procedures” which if he’d followed, regardless of his personal opinion of complaining women, he’d still have a job.

2024-12-23 07:24:54 UTC

That very frustrating thing, where you can’t find for love, nor money, the shiny pair of new paper cutting scissors you bought last week.

2024-12-19 02:51:52 UTC

That thing, where you walk into #BigW on the last day of school and see, with horror, that most of the Christmas things are gone and have been replaced with back-to-school things.

2024-11-20 09:48:56 UTC

It’s the one where Barnaby accidentally locks Jones in a rather spectacular and sharp looking iron maiden. #MidsomerMurders

2024-11-11 05:51:21 UTC

I have been compelled to replace my impossible-to-find veggie peeler, which will now, most probably reappear tomorrow morning, to persuade me that I’m going nuts. #GhostMinutiae

2024-08-25 13:40:52 UTC

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Thank you. There was also steel cutlery in cattle class!

2024-08-25 04:48:31 UTC

OMG HOT TOWELS!

2024-08-25 03:59:26 UTC

Gate Lounge. #AchievementUnlocked

2024-08-19 10:44:10 UTC

I might throw something at the TV if I keep,watching #4Corners. Regarding irrigation and cotton, remember the fate of the rivers and aquifers that fed the Aral Sea. #WaterRights #Water

2024-08-15 17:42:33 UTC

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Thanks. I feel like Mr Squeezy’s going to leave be with a very bruised upper arm. #ow