by Colin Pearce | Oct 10, 2015 | Storytelling works
The fishermen. Two poor and hungry fishermen were arguing about who should eat an oyster but could not come to terms. They clearly needed advice but there was none at hand. ‘I saw it first’, said one. ‘But I picked it up’, said the other. ‘Yes, but that’s because I... 
by Colin Pearce | Oct 3, 2015 | Storytelling works
There’s always hope. I am sitting in a hospital lounge. I’m waiting to collect a friend I’ve brought in for a brief procedure for which he needs an anaesthetic and consequently needs someone to take him home. He’s aging. So am I. Right there in front of me... 
by Colin Pearce | Apr 24, 2015 | Storytelling works
ANZAC Day eve is a sobering time. It’s the eve of ANZAC Day in Australia and New Zealand – 25th of April – for most people a day more solemn than Easter, or even the anniversary of the death of a family member. It’s a weird thing. 100 years ago the ANZACs (an... 
by Colin Pearce | Apr 12, 2012 | Storytelling works
Isn’t the Easter Long Week End Just Perfect? Easter is brilliant, especially when it falls in April. As a kid you went on a church camp or a Scout or a Guides camp or a family camping trip or to the same holiday house the family went to every year since Federation....