Steve, I've only just joined this community, so am late commenting, but just want to say how much I enjoyed this piece. I was especially gripped by the first and last paragraphs, " ... a six foot bib and brace man; a manual man, a callused man with an unforgiving hand with fingernails nightly cleaned; leaving the days labour floating in …
Steve, I've only just joined this community, so am late commenting, but just want to say how much I enjoyed this piece. I was especially gripped by the first and last paragraphs, " ... a six foot bib and brace man; a manual man, a callused man with an unforgiving hand with fingernails nightly cleaned; leaving the days labour floating in the pond of a sink." And "One ordinary day at school my saviour turned up dressed in tweed jacket, deer stalker and sucking on a droop of a pipe blazing with three nuns tobacco." Your descriptions are marvellous!
Hi Wendy, Thanks for embracing these memories of mine. Drawing back the curtains on the past can invigorate the memory and place you back as a player: looking through an older eye and mixed with a dazzle of imagination past events came to life for me.
I haven't been writing for a while due to a family bereavement some months ago, so looking forward to reading your work and getting back to writing ways.
Steve, I've only just joined this community, so am late commenting, but just want to say how much I enjoyed this piece. I was especially gripped by the first and last paragraphs, " ... a six foot bib and brace man; a manual man, a callused man with an unforgiving hand with fingernails nightly cleaned; leaving the days labour floating in the pond of a sink." And "One ordinary day at school my saviour turned up dressed in tweed jacket, deer stalker and sucking on a droop of a pipe blazing with three nuns tobacco." Your descriptions are marvellous!
Hi Wendy, Thanks for embracing these memories of mine. Drawing back the curtains on the past can invigorate the memory and place you back as a player: looking through an older eye and mixed with a dazzle of imagination past events came to life for me.
I haven't been writing for a while due to a family bereavement some months ago, so looking forward to reading your work and getting back to writing ways.