Scrievenis: Gordon Darroch's reading and writing space
Making things up since 1837. Contact me at gordonwrotesomething [at] gordondarroch.com
We didn't know where we were going, and it was for the best. Two common complaints about time are: “If I could turn back the clock …” and “If I knew then what I know now …” Both reflect the fact that wisdom is hard won and tends to arrive with a tinge of regret: … Continue reading Silver wedding
Magteld in 2008, aged 32 Why do we say of people who have died that they are no longer with us? Magteld ceased to exist physically 12 years ago today, but she is still intensely with us – not just in our thoughts, but in the photographs hanging in the house that she chose for … Continue reading With us
In the distant light of the hallway I grab a pair of socks from the drawer and unbundle them as I walk to the kitchen. My feet shuffle in their mocassins, still half-awake, while six feet higher up my brain decants the day. Breakfast, sandwiches, send the boys off to school, a couple of phone … Continue reading The memory-sock