memory

  • Sidekick

    “I think this one should go on the mantle and this one in the stairwell,” Owen says to me while we are holding some Christmas signs. If it’s to do with Christmas, Owen wants to be included and do everything with me. Also if it’s to do with shopping, particularly…

  • Jordan

    Waking up from a dream, I feel that grogginess of trying to get my bearings. What’s real and what isn’t. What feelings are predominantly floating around me like the mist, fragments that you can’t touch and you know is there for just a short time. And then the dream wisps…

  • Walks and Hello’s

    “I always say ‘good morning,’ or ‘hello,’ when out on my morning walks. Some people seem surprised. The first time, they might not even look up at all. The next time, they smile. Then after that, it’s a more enthusiastic ‘hello!’ that they respond with.” This is what my aunt…

  • Transported

    I opened the tube of toothpaste to squeeze some out onto my toothbrush. For some reason, this particular time, I was transported right back to my grandparents house. Beach Drive, in Victoria. This kind of toothpaste, I have used on occasion as an adult, but it is the toothpaste they…