Tim was...

born in 1972.

Tim has...

lived most of his life in the Adelaide Hills, Australia watching semi-rural give way to suburban in a sad and inevitable way.

also lived in Japan, Scotland, Malaysia, and the USA. And Katoomba.

gone to school, gone to uni, got himself some pieces of paper.

answered phones, built sets, sold things, read words, written words, cut down (feral) trees, pumped petrol, planted trees, painted roofs and taught ESL in order to pay the rent.

friends who have put his words on CD, made his words into arty films, put his words on stage, put his words online.

strangers who have published his words, broadcast his words, listened to his words in cafes and pubs. Given him money to write more of them.

Tim is...

not sure that he agrees with Fernando Pessoa when he writes “Every spoken word double-crosses us”. But knows where he’s coming from, some days.