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March 12, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Our Covid Story

We are isolating. We are about to come back out into the world. Our family has had that thing that used to be called Coronavirus, or Covid-19, but is now just referred to as COVID, or The Covid. Oscar didn’t feel so great the other week. And he’s never sick. He wanted a day in […]
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December 13, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Not A Quatrain

It started at the end of a long plane ride. We flew from San Francisco to Sydney – through the night – and went from Northern Hemisphere summer to rain, rain, rain in Australia. It was freezing and pissing down and all I had to wear was shorts (well, t-shirts and jandals too, of course…) […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Doctor, Health, Hospital, Not A Quatrain, Poem, Poem: Not A Quatrain, Polyp, Surgery ·

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June 27, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 174: Matt Hyde (Beastwars)  

Welcome to episode 174 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat.  Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify library.  Matt Hyde is the lead singer of Beastwars. He was […]
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February 5, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 154 – Peter Wells

Welcome to episode 154 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat.  Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify library. Here I have a conversation with Peter Wells. 
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged Anchor, Anchor/FM, Apple, Auckland, Book, Cancer, Chat, Community, Connection, Conversation, Dear Oliver, Death, Facebook, Filmmaker, Health, Hello Darkness, Interview, iTunes, La Petite Chocolat, Life, Napier, Peter Wells, Podcast, Posts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Sweetman Podcast: Episode 154, Sweetman Podcast: Episode 154 – Peter Wells, T Leaf T, Talk, The Spinoff, Writer, Writing, Yeastie Boys, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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February 26, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 198 You Will Walk

I have had this problem with my left leg for some time It makes it difficult to walk very far And it started just after we finished mastering Epidural   I’ve got the operation on it tomorrow To free the flow of blood…
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Art, Epidural, Ghost, Guest Blog, Guest Post, Halo, Health, Hospital, Jon Mcleary, Leg, Music, Operation, Painting, Riki Gooch, Spines, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 198, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 198 You Will Walk, The Spines, War Stories, War Stories # 198, Wellington, Writing, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron, You Will Walk ·

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November 27, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 188 Go To New York

Whatever I write Won’t necessarily make any sense I wouldn’t lie to you And I didn’t make it last week For whatever reason No one really noticed and I couldn’t explain There wasn’t anyone else there to blame Since then we travelled south and back And had our little adventures I found myself playing the […]
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September 14, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Sima Elizabeth Shefrin: Embroidered Cancer Comic

Embroidered Cancer Comic Sima Elizabeth Shefrin Singing Dragon It’s a sweet wee graphic novel, this. A very simple idea – and gesture – coming from a real place; a real pain. Shefrin’s husband was diagnosed with cancer and the pair had made several ‘jokes’ – to keep themselves sane and as happy as possible. There […]
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