Big skies of Scotland, trailing wood smoke, Fences, fields and tangled copses of wind-bent trees near grazing clumps of sheep and reedy pond water. Bleak winter beauty viewed from the train, Cold hands fumble for the correct change. Weirs of white water tumble past a Cathedral spire. Dogs and people stroll, Passengers wait and … Continue reading Gleneagles to Glasgow
Month: February 2019
Days of the Week
Children's Nursery Rhymes Revisited On Friday you took to the streets with your friends: ‘There's no Planet B – make climate change end!’ On Saturday you flew to Barbados and read that the insect population was critical – might soon be dead. On Sunday your family slaughtered a goat to celebrate your Homecoming – the … Continue reading Days of the Week
Recovery Reading
I’m sorry I’m going to miss your lecture next week, I found out I’m pregnant and I’m going to seek a quick termination. My friend says it’s quite sore … She chews on her bottom lip and gazes at the floor. Anyway, she carries on, I wanted you to know that my absence isn’t because … Continue reading Recovery Reading
A Moment of Swans
Reflections on Writing and Friendship Your plan for today was to write hard and fast, Control, seize and capture the words that would last the test of all time, beyond human recall, Instead you are daydreaming and your fingers have stalled. ‘Remember this moment!’ she loudly declared, ‘What moment?’ You ask her whilst … Continue reading A Moment of Swans
