Author: Sarah

No time to lose. No, time to lose. Make time to stand and stare.... Did you see that?

Turn me around three times and I’m lost

I went today into a residential home to see two patients, both confused, both requiring an injection.
The home is pretty good, with some carers who are actually highly trained in their own home countries, and other carers who are in the main UK ‘salt of the earth’ types – caring, thoughtful, helpful and willing to learn. Continue reading “Turn me around three times and I’m lost”

Swift Premonition

On Tuesday morning I ran a little late for work. Not entirely unusual for me as I’m usually just trying to fit a few hundred jobs in between the boys leaving the house to catch the bus and getting myself ready to get in the car for work. I have just under an hour. Continue reading “Swift Premonition”

Short story for Bilby’s Competition: My Sister’s Lover

My sister’s lover

The snow is thick on the ground. Four or five inches of it have built up around the window frames. It is piled up on top of the car and over the roofs, lit up by the sulphurous yellow of the street lamps. It gives me an excited child like feeling in the base of my belly. Ellen and I used to love playing in the snow, but there weren’t many years in our lives with enough snow to play in properly. Continue reading “Short story for Bilby’s Competition: My Sister’s Lover”

The Greatest Show on Earth?

Some weeks ago I booked three tickets to see /hear Richard Dawkins at the Woodstock Literary Festival, not knowing the day would be complicated by illness. That’s the way things are, I guess at the start of a new term: exposure to new bugs after weeks of holiday. Continue reading “The Greatest Show on Earth?”

Grout Expectations

There’s a leak coming from the room above into the dining room.
The plumber says it’s the grouting in the shower that’s at fault.
The tiler can’t come yet as he’s so busy.
The builder says the tricky bit it getting the old grout out. Continue reading “Grout Expectations”