Minus five and a half degrees and getting colder mourning gripped the air in the dead of night I came to a village high up and out the way the communal Christmas lights glistened for miles upon the surrounding frozen moorland I stopped at a red light outside a church and stared the music inContinue reading “Passing Through”
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Good Deed for the Day
Barack Obama once said, ‘If you were to ask, “When in human history would be the best time to be born?” The time would be now.’ But on this particular balmy July morning I was hammering a sign next to my parents’ backyard gate, that led into a National Trust owned meadow, “Do not throwContinue reading “Good Deed for the Day”
The Wasp
Paul sat at the kitchen table, porridge dripping from his chin, reading a rejection email from a literary agent regarding a novel he’d written. No ordinary, regurgitated copy and paste rejection. An exclusive rejection with soul and dignity. Almost felt like an acceptance. Gave him a foolish expectation. Like a girlfriend you love deeply callingContinue reading “The Wasp”
Rambling Rambles 