Category: Narrative

  • Memory is a long-exposure photo

    Memory is a long-exposure photo

    Memory is a long-exposure photo. Things that move the least hold the best focus. Picture a room from your childhood home. Parts of it are so clear, you almost feel you could turn a corner and be there. Your fingers feel the texture of those curtains, and you notice the definite smell of sun-heated windowsills…

  • sleepstorm

    I’ve always had a love/hate relationship with sleep. I can remember being so upset I couldn’t sleep because I had to go to bed. Maybe this has bled into the present. The funny part of it all, is I’d much rather not be asleep most of the time. My wife has always confused me with…

  • Ever felt sheepish?

    I have just discovered that I would have made a worthless vet. It is a good thing, because I have sometimes wondered if I should have chosen that course following a degree I have at times considered unhelpful (linguistics). Perhaps I should clarify that my wife is a vet, and that I sometimes feel that…