I am taking out the rubbish. It is not a task I enjoy. There are several reasons for this. I do not like that moment when you jostle the contents of the bin bag so you can tie it and in so doing force a guff of rotten air up into...
Category - Observations
It echoes around the concrete, bubbles up like a witch’s brew in a cauldron, spits out into the night like sausage fat. It is cruel. But it is genuine. The skater lies on the cold ground, holding his ankles. He is...
I have several animals in my zoo. There are big animals like giraffes, tigers, and pandas but also more modest ones like dogs and sheep. It is first and foremost an inclusive zoo. In order for an animal to be admitted to my zoo...
Today, I spent the morning lazing around in something of a fug, feeling the Internet slowly chew away at the best of me. Everyone is busy today except for me. There is nothing to do. The last huffs and puffs of a hurricane are...
One of my oft repeated phrases now is ‘I’m so busy’, followed by some qualifier like ‘flat out’, ‘full on’. Even saying these words deprives me of a few seconds when I could consider...
I watched the market from the first floor of an empty restaurant. I watched traders unpack their wares on the roadside, laying brightly coloured objects in the dirt. I watched as the first customers shuffled in. I watched as the...
The normal response is to smile. Sometimes they laugh. Sometimes they grimace. Other times they nod and leave the room. Hastily, on the verge of rudeness. This is what happens when people come face to face with my kitsch for the...
A special kind of blue descends on these days following New Year. Before the gripes and grumbles of work supplant the hourless hinterlands of Christmas time, we find ourselves in an odd unwelcoming place. Torn from the bosom of...
Car boots occur early on Sunday mornings. For that reason, they exclude those people that still like to enjoy a Saturday night. For some, the car boot is a pipe dream that evaporates when those first sweet sips of cold nullifying...
Hangover Cure #24 The Sea Hangovers are evil. They eat you up from the inside out. They create shadows in your psyche just to fuck with you. They make you sad. Make you both irritating and irritable. They make you eat foods that...