Piercing*

Sitting in a cafe with Seb, consuming porridge and coffee.  Seb is reading The Times.   After a quick romp through Times 2, decide that writing a blog is a better use of my limited mental energy. At 12.30pm – in thirty minutes – we are going to get my ears pierced.  Let’s hope that […]

The Seagull Said Murder*

“Ack ack ack ack ack,” a gull says. “Ack ack squawk aaaacccckkkk,” another gull says. “Ack ack ack squawk ack squawk,” the first gull says. “Woo hoo woo hoo woo hoo,” a wood pigeon says. “Ack ack ack ack ack,” a gull says. It is 6.30am and am awake now.  The Dawn Chorus has been […]