Accompanied by his aged and limping border collie, Greg makes his way slowly along sun-lit pavements, now quickly drying after a brief autumn shower. The dog stops, and languidly wagging his tail, looks up at his master of many years.…
“You can’t put gravy on it,” said old Bessie, referring to the floral arrangement that the florist had just delivered. “Oh, you say that every time you see a flower,” Katrina chided gently. “Personally, I think they’re beautiful!” Bessie huffed …
I have been tracking your thoughts for some time: monitoring you. Your habits and idiosyncrasies, all mapped out in lines of data on my colour-coded spreadsheets.
It shows up some interesting patterns. You regularly think about death, your own and …
Seven o’clock on Mondays. That’s when Heather, my daughter, comes to visit. My wife comes on Thursdays. Our new normal for the past four months.
Clunky shoes enter the room, followed by a mumbled greeting to the nurse who’s been …
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A lady falls in love with a potato. Why? Well, it’s a handsome potato, so there is that. But when she fishes it out of the potato bag and hefts it in her hand, its eyes are facing up …
Every time we made love you would sigh just beforehand, so soft as to be almost unheard, so soft there were many times when I thought I might be imagining the sound. Perhaps it was a hint, this almost silent …
I was turning my car in the cul-de-sac at the end of my road and had paused to wrestle the ageing gearstick into place when the passenger door opened. My right foot jumped to the brake. There’s always an undercurrent …
“Go check on the baby” my mother would say.
“Did you check if he was breathing?” she double checked.
Every hour on the hour. Sometimes she’d follow a few minutes later, just to make sure. Close her eyes to concentrate on …
(Based on a true story)
“Are you ready?” Todd asks as I stare at the twisted grin accompanying this colorful, yet horrid clown paint looking back at me in the mirror. I can hardly recognize myself. I’m not typically fond …
You stowed a bottle of port from that same year. I wailed at every bath. You comforted mum. You bought me a dog. Leaning on Sam’s back, I learnt to walk. I showered with you. You taught me to sud …