Clutch control I’ve had a little car trouble: My clutch is, in technical terms, stuffed, the garage man will mend it and, at the same time, give me the benefit of his not inconsiderable, but yet uninvited, wisdom on clutches and flywheels and other oily – and expensive – components. I don’t care – just […]
Mysteries (unsolved) – 100 words
Mysteries (unsolved) I found a pillowcase the other day it wasn’t mine, I’m certain. But, then again, my life is full of things I don’t recognise, I can’t work out, and I don’t remember, so I shouldn’t have been surprised. There’s the little blue dish with the dots (yellow), the other black walking jacket (size […]
Heavy sh*t – 100 words
Heavy sh*t Among the many lies they tell to women is the one that says they shouldn’t lift heavy things. Not sacks of potatoes, gigantic rocks nor over-stuffed suitcases and certainly not weights, on a bar, in a gym. That’s dangerous, stick to the tiny pink dumbbells. Look out! Don’t try weights! Your muscles will […]
Daily gratitude – 100 words
Daily gratitude I am lucky to have a dishwasher that is resilient and German. I am lucky to have cheese and an oven that creates adhesion beyond engineers’ ingenuity. I am lucky to have options: gin, coffee, juice necessitating different receptacles. I am lucky to have shelves upon which, repeatedly, to put mugs and glasses. […]
Administration – 100 words
Administration It’s not the numbers that chill – they’re too big to make sense. Nor the screamed imaginings when you stand in these places, skin prickling. Not the pitifully twisted spectacles, nor shoes’ polished leather worn soft over bunions. Not dead smile denture mountain. Not returning birds’ lament for the lost. They aren’t the worst. […]