Robert Fairhead
@tallandtrue.bsky.social
Share my writing and blogging on http://TallAndTrue.com and podcasts at http://TallAndTrueShortReads.com. ❤️ #BeingADad #Dogs #Books #Writing #SydneySwans #VoiceToParliament #Sydney/#Gadigal 🚫 DMs (unless we know each other)
My first FB profile pic with my dear old dog, Harry, on the front veranda in 2009. And my last FB profile pic on the veranda with dear old Jet in August 2011. Harry always looked mopey in photos, but Jet loved sidling up to me for my selfie hugs. And I loved it, too. ❤️🐶 #dogs #mydogs #mydogposts
November 30, 2025 at 3:35 AM
My first FB profile pic with my dear old dog, Harry, on the front veranda in 2009. And my last FB profile pic on the veranda with dear old Jet in August 2011. Harry always looked mopey in photos, but Jet loved sidling up to me for my selfie hugs. And I loved it, too. ❤️🐶 #dogs #mydogs #mydogposts
Well, that was tough. I've let Jet's kennel go to a new home. Fittingly, they have a lab, so I know it's the right size for her! 🐶 PS. I kept Jet's outdoor bed (it folds up) ... and his favourite stick! ❤️ #dogs #mydogs #mydogposts
November 29, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Well, that was tough. I've let Jet's kennel go to a new home. Fittingly, they have a lab, so I know it's the right size for her! 🐶 PS. I kept Jet's outdoor bed (it folds up) ... and his favourite stick! ❤️ #dogs #mydogs #mydogposts
I created a memorial for our dear old Harry when he passed away in 2011. Back then, I had hundreds of photos of him, but these two made me smile. Nowadays, I probably have thousands of photos of Jet. But like Harry's photos, these two recent ones make me smile. ❤️🐶 #dogs #mydogs #mydogposts
November 27, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I created a memorial for our dear old Harry when he passed away in 2011. Back then, I had hundreds of photos of him, but these two made me smile. Nowadays, I probably have thousands of photos of Jet. But like Harry's photos, these two recent ones make me smile. ❤️🐶 #dogs #mydogs #mydogposts
It's the little things that undo me. Like chopping up cheese for lunch and leaving a slice aside for Jet. 💔🐶 #dogs #mydog #mydogposts
November 27, 2025 at 3:52 AM
It's the little things that undo me. Like chopping up cheese for lunch and leaving a slice aside for Jet. 💔🐶 #dogs #mydog #mydogposts
The tough chores continue: washing Jet's squeaky chew toys from his toy bucket. Lots of tears for his favourutes I decided were too chewed and de-stuffed to keep. 💔🐶 #dogs #mydog #mydogposts
November 24, 2025 at 2:21 AM
The tough chores continue: washing Jet's squeaky chew toys from his toy bucket. Lots of tears for his favourutes I decided were too chewed and de-stuffed to keep. 💔🐶 #dogs #mydog #mydogposts
Sad to post that my dear black lab Jet passed away this morning. It was a peaceful farewell, and I find some comfort in the words of Agnes Sligh Turnbull: "Dogs' lives are too short. Their only fault really." See you on the other side of the Rainbow Bridge, old pup. 🌈❤️ 🐶 #dogs #mydog #mydogposts
November 21, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Sad to post that my dear black lab Jet passed away this morning. It was a peaceful farewell, and I find some comfort in the words of Agnes Sligh Turnbull: "Dogs' lives are too short. Their only fault really." See you on the other side of the Rainbow Bridge, old pup. 🌈❤️ 🐶 #dogs #mydog #mydogposts
Jet's peeing "claret". He hasn't responded to antibiotics, I will get blood and urine tests done, but I won't subject him to invasive procedures and surgery. He's 14 and we've had a great life together. For now, we're enjoying each day as it comes. Just like a dog! ❤️🐶 #dogs #mydog #mydogposts
November 19, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Jet's peeing "claret". He hasn't responded to antibiotics, I will get blood and urine tests done, but I won't subject him to invasive procedures and surgery. He's 14 and we've had a great life together. For now, we're enjoying each day as it comes. Just like a dog! ❤️🐶 #dogs #mydog #mydogposts
While the road trip didn't inspire October's #FuriousFiction story, I wouldn't have written You Only Live Once if the van hadn't broken down near Cobar in outback NSW on our way home. 👨🔧 #writers #writing #shortstories #storyinsight www.tallandtrue.com.au/fiction/shor...
November 16, 2025 at 12:45 AM
While the road trip didn't inspire October's #FuriousFiction story, I wouldn't have written You Only Live Once if the van hadn't broken down near Cobar in outback NSW on our way home. 👨🔧 #writers #writing #shortstories #storyinsight www.tallandtrue.com.au/fiction/shor...
11 years on, and it seems I was right about the #G20's "800 measures for economic growth" in my 2014 Facebook post! 🙄 #G20 #geopolitics #economics
November 15, 2025 at 9:42 PM
11 years on, and it seems I was right about the #G20's "800 measures for economic growth" in my 2014 Facebook post! 🙄 #G20 #geopolitics #economics
Planning another #vanlife #roadtrip from #Sydney to #Augusta, WA for my aunt's birthday. Jet's staying home this time, with the family who looked after him during my dad-and-son road trip to Perth in 2023. Instead, my wife is joining me on the 9-10 day, 4434 km drive. Will we survive it? 🤔
November 14, 2025 at 9:21 PM
November 13, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Huge THANKS to @writerscentreau.bsky.social's #FuriousFiction team for this month's challenge. I LOVED writing my story for your Game Show prompts! Will your judges love it, too? I'll wait and see! 🙏❤️ #writing #flashfiction #shortstories #writesky
November 9, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Huge THANKS to @writerscentreau.bsky.social's #FuriousFiction team for this month's challenge. I LOVED writing my story for your Game Show prompts! Will your judges love it, too? I'll wait and see! 🙏❤️ #writing #flashfiction #shortstories #writesky
I've just registered for a discounted Annual Pass on @notquitewrite.com for their quarterly #NotQuiteWritePrize #flashfiction challenges in 2026. Will I be Team Ed or Team Amanda for the story prompts? 🤔 #writers #writing #writesky #shortstories
November 7, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I've just registered for a discounted Annual Pass on @notquitewrite.com for their quarterly #NotQuiteWritePrize #flashfiction challenges in 2026. Will I be Team Ed or Team Amanda for the story prompts? 🤔 #writers #writing #writesky #shortstories
It's the Australian Writers' Centre's November #FuriousFiction on the weekend. Facebook reminded me this morning of the November criteria from 2020. I drew on elements of autofiction to write, The Al-Rabie Hotel. ✍️ #writers #writing #shortstories #writesky www.tallandtrue.com.au/fiction/shor...
November 5, 2025 at 9:02 PM
It's the Australian Writers' Centre's November #FuriousFiction on the weekend. Facebook reminded me this morning of the November criteria from 2020. I drew on elements of autofiction to write, The Al-Rabie Hotel. ✍️ #writers #writing #shortstories #writesky www.tallandtrue.com.au/fiction/shor...
Looking forward to #FuriousFiction November this weekend. I wrote my first horror story for the November 2023 challenge, and and later narrated it for my Tall And True Short Reads podcast, A Knock at the Door. 😱 #writers #writing #horror #podcast www.tallandtrueshortreads.com/a-knock-at-t...
November 4, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Looking forward to #FuriousFiction November this weekend. I wrote my first horror story for the November 2023 challenge, and and later narrated it for my Tall And True Short Reads podcast, A Knock at the Door. 😱 #writers #writing #horror #podcast www.tallandtrueshortreads.com/a-knock-at-t...
November 4, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Jet's auditioning for the reboot of Lady and the Black Lab. (I don't have the heart to tell him it's the Tramp!) ❤️🐶 #dogs #mydog #olddog #mydogposts
November 3, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Jet's auditioning for the reboot of Lady and the Black Lab. (I don't have the heart to tell him it's the Tramp!) ❤️🐶 #dogs #mydog #olddog #mydogposts
November 2, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Ker-thunk, ker-thunk, ker-thunk on the roof, thump onto the balcony, and scritch, scritch, scritch along the back fence. Good morning, possum! 😂 #urbanwildlife #possums
October 29, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Ker-thunk, ker-thunk, ker-thunk on the roof, thump onto the balcony, and scritch, scritch, scritch along the back fence. Good morning, possum! 😂 #urbanwildlife #possums
Your comment about the moon reminded me of this brilliant cartoon by @firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social (from his Facebook profile: www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...). 😂
October 29, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Your comment about the moon reminded me of this brilliant cartoon by @firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social (from his Facebook profile: www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...). 😂
What a coincidence that on the same day that #JohnCleese celebrated his 86th birthday with a post, the Guardian posted on Facebook that "Sybil Fawlty" had passed away. ❤️ #RIP #PrunellaScales
October 28, 2025 at 8:55 PM
What a coincidence that on the same day that #JohnCleese celebrated his 86th birthday with a post, the Guardian posted on Facebook that "Sybil Fawlty" had passed away. ❤️ #RIP #PrunellaScales
October 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Jeez, I hope no one featured flowers in their break the "show, don't tell" writing rule stories! 😬🥀
October 26, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Jeez, I hope no one featured flowers in their break the "show, don't tell" writing rule stories! 😬🥀
Tada! I've written, edited and submitted my entry for @notquitewrite.com's October 2025 #NotQuiteWritePrize. Now begins the sweaty wait to see if I've caught the judges' eyes ... at the 9th attempt! 🤞🍀🐇 #writers #writesky #writing #flashfiction #shortstories
October 26, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Tada! I've written, edited and submitted my entry for @notquitewrite.com's October 2025 #NotQuiteWritePrize. Now begins the sweaty wait to see if I've caught the judges' eyes ... at the 9th attempt! 🤞🍀🐇 #writers #writesky #writing #flashfiction #shortstories