Tag: train-chat
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11 – 15 March 2024
Monday “Here you go!” I hand (the other) T a second bag of trash. I met him earlier when I was halfway through the pick. The bag was already three quarters full and he took it off my hands and gave me a fresh one. I say “There’s a wheelchair down there and two tyres.”…
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Week 46: 21 – 26 November
Monday Shuffle shuffle kick. In some parts of the wood the paths are barely damp and the leaves are crisp and dry. In other parts it’s a quagmire. CAUTIONCYCLISTS Says the sign. Underneath someone has written: ‘HORSES’, complete with inverted commas. Like they think bikes are some kind of new-fangled horse. Tuesday “It’s cold by…
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Week 45: 14 – 19 November
OMG it’s the most beautiful morning! From the back window the world is sepia behind the thick mist that fell last night. In the park it’s so dense you can’t even see to the other side. I pick up McDonalds wrappers, Pepsi cans and stupid, tiny bottles of Prosecco. Who are the people that insist…
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Week 17: 2 – 7 May
Monday “Do you want a hi-vis?”“I, err… I’m sorry?”“A hi-vis. Do you want one? I’ve got one in the back.” It’s a bank holiday. I’ve done a bunch of non-work stuff: finished knitting a pair of socks, repotted some plants, planted some seeds, been to the supermarket, made a vegan cottage pie. Instead of going…
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Week 7: 21 – 26 February
Monday Nothing but work and tea. Tuesday “Do the Wordle!”“I don’t want to!”“We should do the Wordle.”“I don’t want to tell you the word I use.”“Let’s do it!”…“Is that the word you use?!”“Yes. I said I didn’t wanna tell you.”“Omg.” School kids on the train, ‘doing the Wordle’. Accidental education. According to my phone, today…
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