Passed away
Funny term “dead”. It’s very hard to say. I have had a lot of phone calls over the last week. I found it very hard to say “My mother’s dead”.…
On this day
Somewhere in the world, a child was born; a father cried; a toddler took its first steps; a yapping dog bit the hand that had fed it; somebody made a…
My father’s visitors
A few months ago I received a call from the hospital. It was the Registrar on duty. I knew my father had gone there for a routine check up earlier…
A marble removed from my back
“You’re not frightened of blood, are you?” said the doctor. “Ah, no. Why, how much will there be?” “Oh, a little bit.” I start to perspire. I take off my…
Mia. A short story
She pursed her lips to form a small, round hole. Loudly, almost unconsciously, she pushed her breath through the narrow opening. The cold, night air embraced her breath with its…
The Somersault Position
Now, where I went to school, lunch time was mainly taken up trying to get your mouth around a rather large sandwich. In fact, to call it a sandwich is…
Waiter, there’s a dead man in my soup.
Cooking or food programs are always centred around a chef or a region or both. The genre is well catered for and very little changes from its recipe and food…