Those optimists, who see the good in everything, they often have to tread on the trail of their upbeat conviction alone. We have a general idea that bitter and negative people are the lonely ones, who are in need of the most help, compassion, coaxing and attention. On the contrary, it takes much more nerveContinue reading “Record the Optimist’s Testimony”
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It’s Not So Ordinary
It is not so ordinary, she thinks, weighing the ingredients for her daily dose of consolation. Falling asleep by a dim living room lamplight at 22.30, switching it off at 2.00, dragging my feet to my bedroom, ever so sluggishly, so that the demon breathing a heavy milky breath behind my ribs doesn’t wake. That’sContinue reading “It’s Not So Ordinary”
As Diligent as a Monkey Orange
He diligently climbed the tree. Branch after branch after branch – hands grabbing their twigs fingers choking their sprigs – and when he could no longer climb, that’s when he reached the topmost of the top of the smallest and flimsiest tree he ever climbed. He paused to glower down at the black of her fleecyContinue reading “As Diligent as a Monkey Orange”
Beisan's Burble 