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, [...]
Walking home from the Metro station it was already getting dark. As I meandered my way down a lane, dimly lit with the sodium glow of elderly streetlights I saw a shadow looking somewhat like a discarded bag.
It was a cat, sitting completely motionless staring into space. Across the street it appeared to be fixated [...]
I bet the neighbour at the doorstep wondered where I was going with binoculars around my neck at half past eight this evening. I was heading to the best spot away from light pollution, the beach.
I thought it was deserted as I walked the steps to the soft sand. The tide was a long way [...]
I’m currently finding it difficult to write.
Ordinarily I’d have blogged about watching the Perseids from the beach.
Or the old lady in the retirement home who ate her dinner alone, with a birthday hat on.
Or jousting at the priory last weekend.
Only you were there. You were with me. I don’t need to share these moments with [...]
I think it needs a little more tweaking to give him a more pleasing, longer lasting flap.
So, that’s it. No more filling the dishwasher three times a day. No more cringing when the noisy housemate slams the doors at four in the morning. No more madness of house meals that could feed an army.
I’m moving from my house-share of eight, but I now need to learn to share my home with [...]
The trill of a singing blackbird makes me happy. The pitch is just right to lift your spirits and see that the world is right.
Not today.
Today, I should be happy, but for some reason I feel flat. There’s no energy, no motivation, just tired.
Walking back the clouds are so low I can feel the moist [...]
Divebombed by gulls, a lone fox padds along the strandline, scavenging the discarded driftwood and relinquished seaweed. The gull’s cry, harsh, beside the pebble lapping sea.
East, a soliatry ship, navigation lights ablaze, sits anchored between me and the not quite yet risen sun. The sky glows red.
The pier lighthouse punctuates my descent as I take [...]
And not by eastern windows only,
When daylight comes, comes in the light;
In front the sun climbs slow, how slowly!
But westward, look, the land is bright!
Sometimes being nice is too much like hard work.
After a tough day and arriving home to find my keys were left in the office, I was an hour late getting into the house. However tough, it is nothing compared to TSD who’s boyfriend is still pretty seriously ill in hospital. The kitchen needed a good [...]