Letter on the doorstep
The postman slowly drew away in his van. Seeing the postman always gave me a little excitement, whether he be doing his round on foot, or as in our case, in his bright cheery, cherry red van. I think the picture of the jolly person coming to each door, waving to the children and bringing […]
Pies & Prophesies
Pies & Prophesies ‘Yes, great! 3.30? I’ll be there. Yes, see you later, bye then!’ and putting the phone down, Louise looked at her watch. It was 10 past one, and with a quick calculation, she reasoned she had just two hours to finish the baking and change in time to drive across town to […]
Crossing the bridge
Rob reflected on the past month as he watched more rain falling. It had been a bad time overall. Gloomy weather always affected him, but his mood of sadness and depression today was not solely due to climatic conditions. Months earlier, a beautiful springtime had teased the garden into a riot of colour. The path was […]
A woollen jumper
This woollen jumper It was very much like any other charity shop I now regularly frequented, small items of furniture with carefully placed nick knacks to your left, followed by rows of dog eared books on battered wooden shelves. To the right were women’s clothes presented as if they were high fashion on a number of mismatched mannequins, followed by racks of dresses […]
John Street
Christmas in John Street – 1962 This house is amazing! It isn’t ours; we’re only renting it from Mr. Eardly-Wilmott – we never live anywhere long enough to bother buying. It’s the fifth house in a long terrace. It has two front doors: one for people and one for pigs. The pig door leads […]
Loiter with intent
UNIN-TENT-IONAL It was a stupid place to pitch a tent, Lorraine thought, casting an experienced eye over it. It was gaudy – bright green with lascivious pink flowers – and totally impractical. It looked more like a child’s tent. The young couple had arrived earlier. She obviously wasn’t happy; Lorraine suspected it […]
