In praise of bending down You can pick up a penny, find a (nother) ball under the sofa, and sneak under the fence. On a mat it’s downward dog – possibly the one that hides balls and trains me to a swifter swoop when something clatters. Or a forward fold – the top of a […]
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 […]
Up north – 100 words
People are friendlier, they’d help if you got stabbed, you know, dial 999 for you. They just wouldn’t in the south. But it rains a lot: makes everything green. Clouds decorate huge skies, something to look at while you wait for the bus – today’s only bus trundling through mountains, by glistening water to a […]