Summer clothes. Dawn, high blue and clear. Warm through double glazing. A day to get the boxes down from the top shelf. Hello linen, shirts with no sleeves. Sandal cages for naked toes. Dresses I didn’t wear last year, or the one before. Shorts. Espadrilles. Capris. Flip-flops. Even the names glisten in the sun. The […]
100 words on swimming
Swimming – This weekend, I became one of those women who posts photos of themselves wading into icy water wearing a bobble hat. In the dark, under the fattest, glow-in-the-dark biscuit of a moon, you couldn’t see the goose flesh as the slick cold inched upwards. And upwards. Unbearable, exquisite, until, suddenly… Oh, I can […]
How To Turn A Passion For Writing Into A Profitable Project
If you have a passion for writing, then it’s likely at some point you’ve considered pursuing your favourite hobby as a career. This dream may have been squashed as you get back to your usual full 9-5 office job, but fortunately there are in fact many exciting avenues that you can explore to start making […]
Dudley – 104 words
Dudley – Yesterday, quite nice really for the time of year – slanting sun between the finely flung raindrops. Today, Dudley. Not a name to fear, to quake at, a rustling in the branches, trees untidy with twigs. But there’s a weather warning, the usual ‘don’t forget your coat’ kind of warning, the kind of […]
