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  • Gentleness and good humour

    September is my favourite month, leaves fall from the trees, jumpers come back on. It’s the start of all things cosy. It feels like a new beginning somehow. Sunburn, eating outside and hay fever are gone and in comes boots,… Continue reading

    Gentleness and good humour
  • If you love me, don’t repay your debts

    There’s nothing I want less than to be even. I hope to always be on the back foot. I sat down at work the other day, and a friend had left a book I lent them on the keyboard. They… Continue reading

    If you love me, don’t repay your debts
  • I love with my eyes

    I love with my eyes. I love what I can touch and smell; it must be a hangover from foraging times. To me, people leave no ghosts, no trail of crumbs, no lingering scent. I love with my heart too,… Continue reading

    I love with my eyes
  • Long happy shadows

    The days are short and dark now. Compressed between them is a claustrophobic grey that lasts mere seconds before it’s night again. It’s always night or always going to be night. Night looms like an antagonist in a pantomime waiting… Continue reading

    Long happy shadows