I’m still not sure how to categorise Jimmy’s writing and ‘quixotic’ is the only word that comes to mind.

Don Quixote was the hero of 16th century Spanish writer Miguel de Cervante’s book of the same name. Don Quixote was a slightly confused but avid reader of exotic tales who, for a while, thought that windmills were giants. In short, he was different, as is Jimmy’s writing.

Jimmy is an educator and there is a serious side to what he is on about - and that is the promotion of literature, preferably Papua New Guinean literature, in Simbu schools.

In that endeavour he is an enthusiastic and stalwart member of the Simbu Writer’s Association, which is doing sterling work to advance literature and literacy in PNG.

While the PNG government sits on its hands, SWA is out there doing the hard work. I don’t know whether the government appreciates that or not.

As for Jimmy, he is demonstrating by his actions that anyone in Papua New Guinea can write and publish their work if they try hard enough. ‘Don’t do as I say, do as I do,’ is obviously his motto.

And if what I am hearing and seeing from Simbu, it appears to be working a treat.