‘How is it possible that you’ve managed to break every tile in this room?’ I asked my apprentice with a deep sigh. ‘There were only ten or so in here!’ he protested. ‘Yes, and now they’re all broken,’ I growled. ‘Why is that hard to—never mind,’ I took a calming breath. ‘You’re learning. This is …
‘Jules?’ Harold called out into the silent house, the door swinging softly shut behind him. ‘Julie?’ She didn’t respond, so he slipped his shoes off and trudged into the kitchen, throwing his jacket and newspaper on the kitchen counter. He glanced around the empty room – normally him throwing his jacket on the counter made …
My grandparents are aging quite rapidly now. Obviously to me, they have always seemed old and when I was young, they were the oldest people in the world. I realise now that they were only in their late fifties when I was born, the age that my parents are now. They have seemed to stay …