Purpose I watch the busy ants and wonder why we’re here. What’s the reason for it all? Is it to mate and procreate then keep the little buggers alive? Or raise our arms and howl to waken ancestors… and neighbours and join a primal cacophony? Can we heal our world when it’s been driven like […]
In praise of bending down – 100 words
Who do you think you are? 100 words
In flight – 100 words
In flight I still think it’s miraculous that a fat-bellied hunk of metal and plastic full of grumbling humans can launch itself out of the grey Manchester rain and into a landscape of ripples and blue. Yet we roll our eyes and half watch someone with false eyelashes tell us about blowing a whistle to […]
Packing – 100 words
Packing From skin outwards Pants, socks, bra (sports, comfy, fancier) Trousers, shorts (blue veins out), t-shirts What if it’s cold: layers (like an onion) Waterproof? – it rains in Spain (plainly). The decision pendulums until the coat stays in the airport carpark. Skies are blue. Then, swimming and there’s so much more to consider. Cover […]