A question of faith

How tightly do you hold on? Waiting for the next bad thing to happen. Waiting for the next good thing Continue reading →

Listen!

Listen. It is night moving in the streets, the processional salt slow musical wind in Coronation Street and Cockle Row, Continue reading →

What about now?

“…my personality had been completely erased. That’s why I’m so boring. People stopped listening to what I was saying, and Continue reading →

Joe’s Last Christmas

So, this is Christmas. Almost. It’s about thirty degrees and everyone’s looking for ice-pops, or icy-poles, as they are known Continue reading →

It’s only natural!

“We shape the earth to suit us. Dolphins were land animals once and they went down into the sea and Continue reading →

No, I can’t take a message

“They weren’t listening to us. We wanted our country back.” So spoke an Englishman of my acquaintance who is an Australian Continue reading →

What My Mother Gave Me

At what point do adult children stop seeing their mother and start seeing the woman behind the role? Do they Continue reading →

Getting back in the ring

Lappeenranta, Finland. November 2004. I stood in the shadows of a darkened stairwell, another man standing close to me, nervous Continue reading →