Category: Life
Desert Island Discs
Okay, I know I’m a late comer to this, but boy am I enjoying Desert Island Discs. For those of you who don’t know, it’s a radio program that has been running on the BBC since 1942. In each episode, a (famous) person chooses eight tracks that they would take...
Kicking off
I just had a writing master class with Jacob Ross, courtesy of the Commonwealth Foundation. It was an amazing session, made me realise what was wrong with two of my stories I’m working on. It also made me realise what I already know, some of it intrinsically. None of which...
Standing in the rain.
I’m standing in the park under a tree. It’s raining. I’m getting wet, but not as wet as out there, in the open. Little balls of hail break through, like seed pods. One hits me on the back of my neck, but it doesn’t hurt. These are the things that...
The Princess and Me
I met a princess last week. A real life princess who, the moment she met me, immediately disliked me.
A bottle of scotch and a plastic bag
I am here to pay my bills – electricity, gas, internet.
He is here to buy a scotch and a coke.
Park benches
I saw that there was a hole in my bag, from shoving too many things in it. I must get that fixed.
A park democracy
Croatians spend a lot of time in parks. Well, at least, Zagrebians do. And mostly I mean Zagrebian teenagers. Walking home from my (very long, very late) train trip on Saturday night, I walked through several parks in which youths – yes, youths – were sitting on park benches and...
Spargel time
I know it’s spring because I’m mainlining Claratyne. Also, there is asparagus everywhere.
