The (In)spiral Notebook

Cherry

Real Life Wears Slippers

Real Life Wears Slippers I started out just like everybody else. I averaged out: height, weight, shoe size. Everything you could think of. I was going through life not leaving a mark, the faceless passer-by of newspaper quotes, an every and nothing man. But then I started to change.

A Weekend Break

They were on holiday. It was a short break in a central European city where the buildings had escaped the bomb and the bulldozer. They crossed squares of old world charm that were fed by narrow, claustrophobic lanes, their heads up and camera poised. They took digital, baroque frames, careless of the post-war high-rise backdrop. They had a program for eradication.