On a short and impromptu holiday in early 2017, I found myself in a non-decrepit ‘budget’ hotel in Seoul. Flanked by a row of convenience stores to its left and a gleaming new plastic & cosmetic surgery centre to its right, the hotel was a constricted cubbyhole of rooms which seemed to bend upon themselves … Continue reading Notes On A Nervous Planet – Matt Haig
Day: March 3, 2019
Ravages of Time
(Photo Credit: C.E. Ayr) There was something unique about trains. There was something even more unique about watching trains. There was something indescribably unique about watching trains arrive at and depart from stations. Shriek, Screech, Sidings, Fishplates, Rhythm, Pattern, Symmetry. Spitting out weary passengers and swallowing enthusiastic ones. But the passage of time was not … Continue reading Ravages of Time
Patriot
The soldier with a weapon drawn and with his heart on a sleeve; Devotion to him is guarding his nation, for he chooses to believe. Courtesy of Sammi Cox Weekend Writing Prompt#95