Tentatively Tasmanian

  • Men in shorts

    There’s a trend I’m noticing here in Hobart. It’s the middle of winter; the sun disappears at a rate that the Scandinavians would be familiar with and there are so many men wearing shorts. Why? I was returning from the post office around 9:30am this morning and it was 6C. Yes, the sun was out,…

  • Barrel-bodied big nose

    I see him scuttling alongside the walking path. Is it a rat, pygmy kangaroo or a mutant mouse… It disappears too quickly before I can whip my phone out and take a photo. Each day I see ‘him.’ As a female myself, I don’t know why I automatically ascribe a male gender to any cute,…