This time I was accosted by a not unattractive young lady who said, 'paper', saw my confusion and motioned her hands around her nose and repeated once more 'paper'. After a few moments of blankness I got what she was after and rummaged around in my briefcase for a packet of paper tissues. I … [Read more...]
End – a short story
September 28, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Jake put the book he had just been flicking nostalgically through down. How things had changed he thought.He had been looking through one of those large so called coffee table books containing few words, but many large glossy photographs. This particular volume was called 'Images of rural … [Read more...]
Accosted, I was!
September 27, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Whilst waiting for my public transport of choice this evening I was accosted by a tall dark attractive female stranger who first offered to give me a lift wherever I was heading, in English, I might add, and then she asked me which way I was going. This, very tall, lady of African extraction, I … [Read more...]
Getting older
September 12, 2006 By Leave a Comment
It's finally happened. I'm starting to become aware of my age. Young people now look, well, young, whereas before I felt I was one of them, now I no longer have this feeling. I suppose I have simply become conscious of my years.I think having a child has also contributed to my new awareness in … [Read more...]
First the bike…
September 7, 2006 By Leave a Comment
....and now I've managed to cut the palm of my right hand, a nice deep cut too. How did I manage to do this? How about trying to carry a piano. As I put the thing down a protruding nail ripped into my hand - not too painful, but bloody all the same. Pianos are heavy, and I'm not used to carrying … [Read more...]
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