Living in the layers

The Layers I have walked through many lives, some of them my own, and I am not who I … More

A quiet moment

I can’t be alone in experiencing the coronavirus crisis and resulting lockdown as something of an infringement on my … More

My concentration has not been all that it might have been recently. Loved ones are suffering. Some with this thing, … More

Any Common Desolation can be enough to make you look up at the yellowed leaves of the apple tree, the … More

I nearly went back on Twitter the other day. Not once, but several times. One of my very lovely relatives … More

Phil has been round. I know this because we came home the other night to find a pack of Toffee … More

I hear him before I see him. Sometimes not even that. The proverbial person you could set your clock by. … More

I love this time of year. The city still seems to belong to itself. Mornings are still mornings, not a … More

I love this time of year. There is a wonderful Anne Lamott line somewhere about the welcome of the cooler … More