darkness travels with me

As dawn comes later each day I’m further along my journey to London before I leave the dark behind and the day begins. One day it’s Grately, a few days later it’s Andover before the gray gives way to light. Later … Continue reading

Laundry Day, 1936

I found this shilling near a clothes line. I am humbled to think that people have hung their laundry between those same two trees for nearly four generations. That’s real permanence. Great-great-grandma didn’t check the pockets closely one day and … Continue reading

Mitzi the alien

I eventually found the alien lying outside on the concrete driveway. How she finds that comfortable I’ll never know. She didn’t let my presence stop her from sitting on the bin and staring off into space. I guess if you’re an … Continue reading

Last of a dying breed

I had a sudden vision of me as an old man. I was riding a three-wheeled bike along a country road and stopping ever so often to sweep glass or debris off the verge. A police officer came by and warned me … Continue reading

A many splintered thing (revised)

On the train today I noticed this elderly asian lady sitting in the row in front of me. Her hair was up in pigtails and she wore headphones shaped like a Poke-ball.  She took them off when the guard spoke to her and I could … Continue reading

Pining away

Last night it was suddenly very important to me to find out if the “Scotch pines” back home were actually from Scotland or native and if they were the same thing as a “Scots pine.” But ultimately it was more … Continue reading

Beachside view

Man I love the way water moves on this planet! I bet there’s a civilization out in space somewhere that consider watching waves crash on the beach as an orgasmic experience. Captured at a thousand frames per second babycakes! Add in … Continue reading

Head Drama

The seat back in front of me has a crack in it right at forehead level. There’s tiny lines and dendrites like a brain cell. What if someone thought something so hard that it became embedded in the vinyl? I … Continue reading

Morgana was once bullied too

Morgana: You came to me in a dream last night and in short order much that had vexed me is now corrected. I’m sure they all deserved it more than I deserve you! And all you asked in return was a takeaway and some lemon … Continue reading

Panspermia

It was never going to work out. Our biomes were too different! I should have taken that as the first hint. I’m all chill, dark, and remote and she’s all microflora and ‘moisture.’ But oh she was so hot! The first few times our paths … Continue reading