He looked at me like I'd just suggested he go tandem skydiving with an elephant as his instructor, then shook his head, swivelled his chair around, resumed tapping at keys.
I shrugged, said 'what?', rolled my chair over beside him. His fingers poised, his head raised, his mouth opened as if he was about to share a thought.
But instead, he kept it to himself.
I wondered, What was his problem? I was only trying to help.
Then I remembered: he was afraid of heights. And elephants.
Tiggy Johnson began telling tales as a youngster when she told her mum her brother had hit her. With maturity, she developed skills to make stuff up that doesn't necessarily come true. Her science degree and past life as an insurance loss adjuster did little to prepare her for her work as a stay-at-home mother, writer, family historian, past editor of literary magazine Page Seventeen and most recently, small-business woman, one of three owners of Charm Packed. Her short story collection 'Svetlana or Otherwise' was released in 2008 and her poetry collection 'First taste' in 2010. Tiggy lives south of Brisbane with her husband, Bryden, and their children, Hamish, Claudia and Dylan.
http://www.tiggyjohnson.com
