I had the late shift and that meant the stopovers who’d offended Principle Hawkins. I’d drawn this period as I was the newest and youngest of the college’s teachers.It all meant that at twenty two I was barely four years older than the girls sitting sullenly in the now deserted library.There was Camilla Cordage, ‘Double C’ to her …
I read a book when I was a kid, it was about a boy in ancient Rome and how he was made a slave and spent the next twenty years being dragged across Europe. I always remember that story because it so closely mirror’s my own existence. I say existence because I don’t believe what I have endured since my …
I knew how I appreciated my beautiful wife Jody, and how I loved her, and I tried to make it clear to her. But when was the last time I did something just for her? Jody had gone back to work, and after three years she made damn near as much money as I did. […]