“I thought you said you knew how to drive,” said Auntie Edith tartly, clutching the leather handbag containing all her money tightly to her chest. “A right pickle you’ve landed us in now!” Devoted as he was to his wife of 35 years standing, Lenny detested that superior air of hers. “Gawd, give me strength,” he muttered to himself as he turned to face the RAC man, the two traffic cops and the offended Friesian cow. (more…)
July 22, 2008
July 19, 2008
The man who couldn’t come
A man and his wife pushed open the doors of the fertility clinic, with hope in their hearts. It was 1984, the year in which Richard Burton and Truman Capote died and the AIDS virus was first identified. Perhaps, thought the couple, artificial means might succeed where the natural way had failed.
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July 17, 2008
Nowheresville
A long straight highway across the middle of nowhere approaches a small town out west in the USA. In my mind’s eye, influenced by the brash roadside hoardings that have been clamouring for my attention along the endless road for the last 10 miles, it is a bustling conurbation, full of life. (more…)
