Even hard winter frosts can have a beauty – which is a reward you can gain simply by seeing what’s there.
Archives for March 2017
A Dartmoor Story
(Why the ‘Dartmoor Voice’ story was written.) I was alone and walking on Dartmoor. It was a fairly bleak day and I hadn’t seen anyone for quite a while. I … (Read More)
Dartmoor Voice (≅ 985)
What if you wanted to re-start you? What would be practical? Considerate? There’s no point in shying away from the issues.
Pauses Between Thoughts
(Why ‘So She Left’ was written the way it is.) I wanted to write a story that’s also an experiment in creating pauses between paragraphs, to provide obvious opportunities for … (Read More)
(50 Pauses) So She Left (≅1,483)
Regrets perhaps fall into two categories – avoidable and not-avoidable. The focus should be your relationship to either type – and this is a story about one person’s decisions and how nothing needs to be set in stone.
Responding To War
(The background to the short piece ‘In A Government Canteen’.) I’ve a friend who says the state of the world is a cause for pessimism. I’ve known him for years; … (Read More)
