A Tall Story
I’m tall. That’s what people always say about me – that I’m tall. Even people who have known me all my life still find it necessary to tell me. “You…
Shifting Perceptions
‘Now that you’re turning fifty, you’ll begin to thicken,’ announced my mother on the eve of the birthday I’d already been dreading. Non-plussed, I’d asked her what she meant. ‘You…
Chiropractor’s Revenge
After five years of chiropractic care I’m still ambivalent about the process. There is no doubt that my back feels better after an adjustment. But I worry that I might…
The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog
When I was eight and learning to do ‘running writing’, my mother showed me the manuscript books which had belonged to her own mother. ‘She had a beautiful hand,’ Mum…