A Fisherman Told Me...

“A fisherman told me that his cousin never used to get seasick at all. But then he had kids, and suddenly he did. I thought this was fascinating. It made me wonder whether seasickness isn’t somehow connected to things that tie you to land....perhaps it functions a bit like homesickness in that way.” Lamorna Ash

Other transmissible contagions: fake news, forgetting, fear, jokes, rumour and gratitude.

Ways to say goodbye

Where have I been all my life? 

The house becomes a place of tiny skies, a patchwork of views that cannot be joined. Looking out, in all directions the weather is more noticeable than before and less relevant.