Why do I love a television show where the characters live meaningless lives, the men are misogynists and it’s set in the upper-class, consumer-deceiving world of advertising?
It began as a way to reduce my anxiety – to loosen that knot in my chest. I followed the park along the river,…
It was a balmy autumn afternoon and as I was leaving work I was overwhelmed by the intoxicating perfume of the flowering shrub lining…
I like open spaces with views of mountains, the sea or city skylines; vistas that hint at endless adventure, possibility and freedom. Consequently, I’m not enamoured of the suburbs with their views of fences, patios and manicured lawns
The pigeons didn’t know what hit them. One minute they were pecking indiscriminately at the park’s grass in the hope of some beige object being food, and the next a toddler was stumbling toward them at speed, arms flailing, with the war-cry of “Pidgieeeeee!”
I’ve been living away from my cat for six months. She has been on a ‘seaside vacation’, a cat sabbatical. My days are no longer punctuated by her requests for food, attention or door-opening.
Life with elderly parents can be challenging. Sometimes it seems to be just a series of doctors’ appointments, hospital stays and care rosters – with the underlying thought of “Is this it? Is this the one that will take them away?”