I got an email from my son’s school: Your son was not present at roll call this morning at 9 a.m. Shit. Again. This had already happened about a month ago, twice in one week, we’d grilled him about it, but he wouldn’t tell us anything and we had no idea where he’d been orContinue reading “Fiction: A Day Off – A Short Story from Madrid”
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Fiction: Everything Will Be Alright – A Short Story
A long time into the Great Crisis, when people were fed up already and there seemed to be no end in sight, a billboard appeared on the main road into the city, with the following message in big, green, block capital letters: “Everything will be alright”. Everyone who drove into the city, or passed inContinue reading “Fiction: Everything Will Be Alright – A Short Story”
Slices of Dreams
Todays’ picture, a fern from our small garden. Inspired by David Hockney and his beautiful spring drawings and timely reminder, “Do Remember They Can’t Cancel the Spring” – worth a look! Reading: inspired by one of my sisters, I’ve been reading short stories. Short stories are like little dreams, or slices of dreams even, andContinue reading “Slices of Dreams”
Notes from Ben 