AWACS

The black limousine glides down the gently sloping hill;

the road a grey ribbon through endless fields of sunburnt grass.

In the distance a building rises from the vast plains.

A house white as snow, shimmering like a cold flame on a wizard’s hand.

The ambassador’s wife smiles as she welcomes the guests.

Old friends lock in tight embrace. Wrinkled lips kiss wrinkled faces.

Alcohol and aftershave.

Diplomats, murderers, renegades.

VISIT PASSOALAND

You make this by taking a log of wood and carving it up like a pizza. Leave the bottom 30-50 cm intact so there is plenty of ground clearance.

Then put a firestarter cube in the center.

Lasts for hours. Burns bright. Takes care of you throughout the night.