Glimmer warning There will be a particular slant of light through a dandelion clock Your dog will do a double take and it will jolt you into laughter Pine sap will pervade and you’ll realise that covid nose has finally gone You will return to find someone else has cut the grass Three kinds […]
To-do list items – 100 words
To-do list items Friday and ‘what have you got planned today?’ Did you ask in the hope of surprise? Instead: ‘Oh, you know, the usual. All the jobs.’ Jobs that bookend my week – cleaning, tidying, dull administration tending the health of animals and people, houses and machines. When did this dreary dutiful to-doing take […]
Please help, I’ve lost my way in the bookshop…
My usual mode of book consumption is audiobooks, whilst driving, doing boring domestic things or walking. Generally whilst ignoring other people… Occasionally I want a real one to turn the pages on (even pretend e-reader pages would do). The other day I started browsing for inspiration. A long time ago, I hazily remember, this used […]