Disproportionate response To the boulderer I met in the wood, I said I’m sorry my dog startled you, and I know some people find animals scary. What more could I say? I wasn’t ignoring you when I walked away – the opposite – I’d heard every word and when you got to the bit where […]
Guest 100 words – Barky McBarkface
Number Three son has written 100 words today. Barky McBarkface A synthetic bark… a real one. Up and out with excited lustre they go. All bark, anticipated bite. The usual prowl of the garden ‘What are they doing?’ ‘Hoping for the worst.’ What worst? A frightening burglar to scare, or maybe the lawnmower is back […]
Whoosh – 100 words
Whoosh From a tools-down Friday it stretches languorous as a lion ready for a long leisurely lope. You can hardly see the end for the mountains of ease, and fun, and possibility, you have stacked, though beyond are industrial mounds of must-dos, should-dos and I’ll-damn-well-never-dos. Cargo depots for the byproducts of adulthood. Such an unreasonable […]
What cosmic plan?
What cosmic plan? Today my yoga class was double booked. Oh shit! Dismayed as downpour soaked my mat, and wilted my perky resolve. So, we sat in the café and opened our hearts and thought that maybe this was better than Plan A Later, the gate was padlocked: No Entry – Deer Stalking! ‘Right dogs, […]