There’s a cat that lives at the station, or so it seems. He’s a straggly old thing despite being a little too fluffy for his own good. His black and white markings are the worse for wear, as he spends most of his time on grubby platform edges.
Often the station cat sits at the platform, [...]
Clean the hob after cooking the roast beetroot risotto.
I was half asleep on the way home. Sitting at the front the Metro I tried to read an article for PMC. It wasn’t easy. I couldn’t decide whether the author was being truthful, ironic or argumentative for effect. Maybe I just wasn’t giving it the attention it deserved, it had after all been [...]
Phones and keyboards are different. The telephone will not respond to typed numbers on a keyboard. Press ‘1′.
It’s often difficult to tell if babies are little boys or little girls. Their features are so baby like that it is impossible to distinguish any other features that will make them so distinctive when older. But this morning a very little boy was buggied onto the Metro.
His face, a typical little boy. His cheeks [...]
Driving home from a meeting last night the skies were immense. Dark, ominous clouds hanging low. There was a letterbox of brighter sky to the West.
It wasn’t long before the rain came. The clouds dropped their load, inking the road surface. Spray splashed from the tyres of the vehicles driving past.
The break in the [...]
I enjoy fluidity, it seems. Fluidity of language and the rhythm that comes with speaking one’s own language.
I am in Italy and I have discovered a fondness for Italian men speaking. I know, a terrible cliche, and you know how I dislike being a cliche, but it is true. The galloping speech where one word [...]
Something weird was gong on today with goodbyes. I can’t put my finger on it, but everyone seemed to be taking ages to leave.
Firstly, someone I vaguely met at a conference a couple of weeks ago popped in with her son. They were in the area and we had a bit of a catch up. [...]
PMC is writing up his PhD. He’s finding it hard. The words won’t come. The task in hand seems too great. There must be an easier way. I tell him he just needs to work at it.
His supervisors are understanding. He met with them today. A Bank Holiday Monday, they must be very understanding. They [...]
There are two cubicles, side by side. For an inexplicable reason I always choose the one on the right. I often chuckle to myself at my habit of familiarity. I wonder why I choose this one over that one.
Today was different. Without thinking, I chose the one on the left. Odd. I ponder gently to [...]