In prison. Doing a stretch. Locked-up. Banged-up. In chokey. And so on. Call it what you like. What you call it changes nothing. “Make me an offer I can’t refuse”, … (Read More)
Deliberate Fragments
Because life isn’t a neat and tidy experience. Where an entry has an entry similar to this - ≅ 878 - in the title, that shows its approximate length (words).
Jack Frost
With the cold comes Jack Frost, but relying on superstition and blaming Jack for winter is asking for too much cancelled disbelief; it grows ever harder to even suspend it. … (Read More)
Dartmoor Voice (≅ 985)
Kim was pleased: a foul day up on higher Dartmoor and it was as deserted as hoped-for. Some real peace and quiet, at last, far away from anyone prying. A … (Read More)
(50 Pauses) So She Left (≅1,483)
She had a cat called Sid and a husband named James; she would introduce them as “Sid, James”. In the main only older people got the joke though. Neither Sid … (Read More)
In A Government Canteen (≅ 723)
Once, for a few years, long ago in another life, I worked with some indomitable ladies. I was a callow newcomer. I hope I knew enough to avoid showing even … (Read More)
