Jul 13, 20207 minA View from ApplefieldsPart Two I am writing to the past. On Danes Drive, on the bridge, there was a dead squirrel lying for days on the parapet. One morning I...
Jul 6, 20207 minA View from ApplefieldsPart One I have decided to address you as you. Dear Reader seems far too old-fashioned and although my own dialect offers a suitable...
Jun 23, 20204 minClach air a' chàirnIsolation. Self-isolation. The latter suggests that the former can be with others. Monks in a monastery may be said to be in isolation....
Jun 21, 20206 minClishBohumil Hrabal, without a doubt my favourite Czech writer, wrote in a style that is often referred to as palaver — a weaving together of...