You went for respite and didn’t come back …
You went in for your normal respite stay last October. That’s how it started off, but I also needed to go to the office more frequently. Mum was by now […]
At home on the hills … Settle, N. Yorks
Hills have always grounded me; they are where I’m most free, most contented, most me. My sister and I were used to climbing them from a young age. My first […]
This might be your last night at home
I came across this the other day, tucked away in a notebook: Sitting across from you tonight, all those other times flit by … watching political debates with you; documentaries […]
It goes against the grain … but where I don’t believe that honesty is the best policy
‘I’m just going to ring my mother,’ you said.‘But Dad,’ I responded, ‘Gran died a long time ago’. You looked shocked and sad. ‘No,’ you said. The next morning the […]
Brahms’ House Baden-Baden
Pausing momentarily, I looked up at the white house perched on the rock above me. I had only landed here because the Frieder Burda Museum was closed, it being a […]
Late night, early morning …
It’s 12:45 am when I head to bed myself and the light is on in your room. I open the door to find you in Mum’s wardrobe. ‘Hi Dad, what […]