Watertight

The last week was worse than watching paint dry. It was watching grout dry. A version of a shower had arrived.Hot water too. Hot water had been a fight—willpower against space. We won. Just. A week earlier we’d been jumping around like kids. High fives. Laughing as hot water came through the kitchen tap. Now […]

Wrong Dog

We set off at 7am to get back in time. It was Mam’s wedding day. Family, celebration, the whole thing. But that wasn’t why we left early. Now I had a plan. Get home, do the hellos, then straight back out — Barnsley. Last of a litter of Jack Russell pups. His balls hadn’t dropped […]