Anchors aweigh
A sudden awakening at stupid o’clock. Feeling panicky. Heart racing. Struggling to breathe. Something was wrong. She sat up in…
Passing phase
“It’s just a phase. He’ll grow out of it.” How many times do we hear that thought expressed throughout our…
Whimsical
Crunch! The food delivery rider somersaulted over his handlebars. Instinctively raising his arm to save his face from hitting the…
Assumption
Some may say that if you have 6 month’s worth of expenses in a bank account, you are safe. Financially…
Zap
When I was a kid, I once pissed on a live electric fence. With the benefit of hindsight, that was…
Distraction
Mid-August. Summer holidays. Long days. Sunshine. Warm weather. At least that is the theory! Instead, I slouched contentedly on a…
Breakfast meetings
I arrived early for the breakfast meeting. At first pass, the concept sounds appealing. A chance to converse with colleagues…
Salaried
A surprising discovery. My bank account suddenly contained a non-trivial sum of money. Funds I had not deposited there myself.…
Financial BDSM
“What’s hers is mine, and what’s mine’s my own!” This was one of my father’s favourite sayings as I was…
Stumble, trip
“Help!” Just after two-thirty in the morning, I awoke to a barely audible plaintive plea. Was it real? Had I…
Fairy tales
I walked past the newsstand in the station. Headlines shouted things like “House asking prices hit record levels across Great…
Milestone
Feeling like I had walked barefoot across a sea of Lego, I hobbled the final few steps towards an ancient…
Shenanigans
Stupid o’clock in the morning. The first of the day’s flights thundered overhead on final approach to Heathrow. Legions of…
Haruspex
This week marks the third birthday of { in·deed·a·bly }. A surprising milestone in many ways. When I started pouring…
Onerous
The mother fish swam backstroke near the top of the aquarium. Swim bladder inflated like a balloon. Colour faded. Gills…