The sun shines, even when it's raining and the sky is grey. He's merely taken his hat off; taking a nap. But when he wakes and splits the...

No public announcement; discovery by default. The hub of Whiteinch is leaving home, moving to Scotstoun-middle class land. First the...

Granny seemed old to me; I was six; She was fifty, and she dyed her hair. My mind might be playing tricks, but she looked like Elizabeth...

KPIs, PDPs and revalidation are all required for registration; is it conduct, or capability to get rid of this liability? Managers needed...

Mrs Elliot, or ‘golly gosh’ as she was called, but not to her face, was a really great math teacher. She had short brown curly hair, and...

He was rather eccentric, this pastor of the local Pentecostal church. He had this habit of smacking his lips during his rather lengthy...

Overdue but finally came; thank God I passed, and made the grade. I’m running out of steam, it’s true; three weeks behind and feeling...

She was born in the midst of a rocky marriage; no horse and carriage, but a Russian Lada to take her home. She fed and slept well,...

She was nine. He lay on top of her, and she was scared. She knew it was wrong, although she didn’t know why. ‘Get off me,’ she said,...

He looks at her, and says, ‘You’re mine, don’t stray or I will make you pay with your life, never doubt; I will always find out. Give me...

Counting down till it’s time to take the navy shirt off the line. The biggest exit role; will I still feel whole? All the hullabaloo that...

Cats and dogs are so different, each with their preferences Cats like to lie in the sun, but dogs just like to have fun. Running to catch...

The journey over, he sits down; eats some food and yawns. Six hours or more he travelled to come home to Glasgow. Ten long years away...

I think I’ll lie down, stretch out; it’s always nice on the big high couch. In the sun spot, I can feel the warmth until she comes in...

Busy, busy, busy; always in a hurry. No time to worry or wait We must be there for half past eight Alert, aloof, but always right; until...

Mary the hedgehog- a peculiar creature; shy and worried every time you meet her. Prickly at times, sometimes hitting the bigger girls if...

Slight build, with a touch of red in her hair, she dodges the bullies at school. Life’s easier that way; but is it? Worrying who’s around...

February 2021, and it's zero degrees outside; I wonder where the foxes and hedgehogs hide at such a time as this, when no one is about to...

Silent, standing in the corner of my sitting room, she looks away, feeling neglected and abandoned; as if to say, ‘Please let me stay. I...