What’s in the bag?

29th March 2025 · No Comments

I passed it on the first lap of my nightly walk route. On the second lap, it’s still there. Conspicuously still there. The reusable shopping bag sits in the middle of the footpath, its handle flapping in the breeze, something in it with enough heft to anchor it to the ground. I look around the […]

Beyond Bunnydome

6th January 2025 · No Comments

While our rabbit, Bear, was still alive I would have dreams of his hutch being destroyed; a falling tree demolishing it during a storm, or a malevolent child from down the street breaking into the back garden and kicking it to pieces in order to get to him. Your common or garden fare, really. But […]

Big Windows

16th October 2024 · No Comments

I love this time of year, when it’s already dark by seven thirty. My evening walk just isn’t the same during the summer. It’s no fun sweating while you’re just walking. Running, that’s a different story. That’s strenuous exercise. You’re supposed to sweat. But it’s embarrassing to be seen walking with beads of perspiration rolling […]

A Bloody Mess

25th August 2022 · No Comments

“What the f-“ Philip couldn’t get the remainder of what Joanna maintained was his favourite word out. He’d come home early to the secluded cottage they’d moved into during the winter, hoping to surprise her. Turned out she had been thinking along the same lines. She wheeled around to look at him, a little lost […]