Goodbye party
Jan 25, 2015 I decide to have a goodbye party. I’m not sure it is really for me… but for some of those people Luca has adopted into her...
straya
The headache I could feel brewing last night moves in, puts its feet up on the couch and makes itself a cuppa. I beat at it with ever...
fern
Jan 2 7, 2015 We go to pick up Fernie from the airport. She loves her ‘Lucia’ (pronounced with dramatic italian accent) and says she was...
the day
Jan 28, 2015 It’s the day. I wake up cold and stiff on my swag in the kitchen. I left the door open so Luca could get out. The headache...
The day after
Jan 29, 2015 I wake up. Its quiet, and I wonder where Luca is. Then remember. I turn on the phone and realise its 1pm and think Luca is...
one week
Feb 8, 2015 I just got trolled by a flea landing in my g&t. Really? I mean fucking really. It seems unAustralian. Or Australian as the...
Ashes
Feb 11, 2015 They'd called me in the middle of a hectic few days of workshops I was running in Queensland. It was my first big piece of...
And now its normal
Two weeks in... What is an appropriate time to grieve? Its just a dog anyway right? They had a good innings... why don't you get a rescue...
it has been a month
It’s been a month. A fucking long month. Grey days blended together. Feather touch landing and toxins. Two chemical fire storms. Rage and...
3 months
so it is nearly three months. I still miss her everyday but the visceral churn is subsiding. I can talk about her without crying....