This week has been a disaster for writing. Looking for a new car seems to be a very tiring and time consuming occupation. Trying a first dealer, checking out the cars they offer in the price and size range we are looking for, looking at the financing...

Today more cars The smell of newness The speech of dealers Their eyes gageing Their financial solutions Today less writing Less time at home Today more tiredness More writing tomorrow...

I wake up and already things are not going well. My head is killing me, I feel almost nauseous, and, oh yes, everything annoys me. Every thought feels as annoying as an itch in the middle of the back, right where you can't reach and scratch. Dammit I...

He looks at us. Assesses us from far. We have just parked a small 3 year old car in the car park of a car dealer. He is expecting us, gageing what arguments he might use for us. When we get closer to him, he hurries toward us, asking us if he can help...

This is what happened. I will try and relate it as clearly and simply as possible, which is a difficult task, as really it was a very complicated situation. So. That night, when my neighbour got home, he found his wife in bed with a stranger. Or so he...

"I assure you! I climbed Mount Everest! In 1999!!" "Ah come on! In 1999 you were 17." "I did it! I tell you!!" "You were at SCHOOL at the time!" Paul was a compulsive liar. There was nothing he could do to stop himself from lying. His particularity was...

I have identified something important today: the solution to writer's block is to write. The solution to fear is to do it anyway. I already knew that in my head. Now I have experienced it. And it feels great. The fear is not quite of the blank page. Writer's...

I walk. I walk some more. In front of every shop I stop. I take a few magazines from the trolley, bring them in. Ding Dong. "Hello, can I leave a few of these free magazines here?" I get a yes or a no, most often a yeah ok that is really in the middle....

Dreams What are they I dreamt a new phone Got it today An android would you believe Almost like an iphone Better sound even I dreamt a relationship I enjoy it now already I dreamt a new house Didn't see the shadow of it Dreams heh Who would I be without...

"Why don't we order pizzas?", she asked. Her face was open, with a cheeky half smile on. I love when she looks at me like that, and she knows I can't resist. "You think?" I say, matching her tone. "Didn't you feel like a soup earlier?" She frowned. "I...