I like flowers as much as anyone, but a hospital is a delicate place. Germs are everywhere, people with weak immune systems are also everywhere, and the two of them don’t mix. Not that we want to instigate a draconian policy where we have to frisk flowers at the door for signs of germ infection, […]
Butter Fingers Behind Wheel
Should’ve known that being clumsy would be my eventual downfall. It’s all well and good tipping over plant pots and banging your head on kitchen cupboards, but when you get behind the wheel of a car, things get serious. And things get REALLY expensive. I don’t have the absolute worst coordination and all my senses […]
Take Your Boat and Go!
I’ve been running this competition for thirty-seven years, and we’ve NEVER had to kick out a competitor. Never thought it would happen before I retired, either. Fishing is a sport of tranquillity, free from all of those foolish displays of rage so endemic to other sports. I was proud that we were a bastion in […]
Oxygen Therapy is Probably the Better Option
I once spent seven days and nights on my knees, chanting in a sacred spell circle to bring forth a wave of frost to counteract the accursed heat-wave of the demon prince. Several of us died in the attempt, and I got a cramp for days. DAYS, afterwards!! Then I happen to be banished to […]
Just Some Tinting
Tinting is such a mystery. I came into the office on Monday and thought things seemed a little bit…off? My cubicle is quite far away from the windows, so I didn’t immediately notice. Then I happened to look around, and I fell right out of my chair, startling Tanika in the cubicle next to mine. […]
Finally, I Can Buy My Boat!
Pshh, sailing isn’t popular anymore…and that’s why i love it. I can’t get into anything popular, obviously. Popular is mainstream, and mainstream is unacceptable, which was particularly annoying recently, and I shall tell you why. I’d been sidling around the edge of boating for quite a while- because I found it to be relevant to […]
I’ll Keep Writing for the Kids, I Guess
Creative writing is tiring. That’s one thing I wish I knew before I finished uni and got a job in it, like…three days after my final exam. All my other arts graduate friends were partying it up for months on end being unemployed, not having to go into work, living off their parents…and here’s me, […]
Working With Cars Was Actually Okay
Work experience was way more fun than I thought it’d be. When I first heard about it, and then they said that we’d have to write 2000 words on the experience, I basically died right there. I hate writing…give me maths any day. And that’s saying something because I hate maths as well. But now […]
The Pup or the Garden
This is quite the conundrum. Give up the puppy…or give up my garden. What to do, what to do… I love both of those things, you see. I’ve ALWAYS wanted a dog, and now I finally have one, and Gem is the sweetest little thing. She’s a rescue puppy, so a bit of a terror […]
The Thrill of the Play Equipment
I’ve often thought that it would be good for we so-called adults to dedicate more of our focus the the kinds of things we were mad about as children. The exact nature of this stuff, I assume, is different for everyone. Play equipment was my jam. It didn’t matter if it was a garish knot […]