Mike’s jump into the unknowns of medical school in some ways was not unlike parachuting from airplanes into different countries while in the Army. He had no illusions this new experience would in any way resemble the camaraderie he’d experienced…
Summers End
Golden light slips through the leaves, piercing the trees’ cool shade. A warm breeze caresses his skin. Below the hill, the countryside falls away into a heat haze of green and yellow, with a horizon of azure sky. This is…
Gran Knows Best
Gary stares at the mass of wet bedclothes rocking slowly back and forth in the washing machine drum. How on earth is he going to dry them? Gary and Sandra had met six months ago at a Christmas party. All…
Knight of the Rocks
Image by Jörg Peter from Pixabay The wind howled and blew sand in our faces as pebbles crunched beneath our feet. It was the second day of my family’s summer holiday and I had joined the local kids as they scoured the coast…
Only Half in Shade
Image by Jörg Peter from Pixabay July, a heatwave. In the valley below, wind undulates across a ripening crop of barley. A rivulet of sweat trickles down the well of my backbone. You sit on a bench next to me in the shade…
A Shift in Time Zones
At breakfast, she lays Harold’s place: toast the way he likes it, just turning brown; a jar of thick-cut marmalade. She doesn’t like how the rind gets stuck in her dentures, but it’s his favourite. Her son, Ben, knocks on…
