Autobiography

Cherry

Yachta Mache - 10

I mentioned before the man who had written poetry for me – Hector, although at this stage I hadn't realised it had been written by him. Around this...
Cherry

Hands

Your hands were huge, Thumbs thick, Hairs sprouting from Knuckles. It is raining as we drive And the tyres make Immediately forgotten tracks Through...

Yachta Mache - 9

Shortly after the new year started, we were invited to a party at one of the male nurse's apartment. We did very little socialising with the nurses...

Yachta Mache - 8

We interns were expected to use our initiative to decorate the hospital over the Christmas period. So I made a poster, with the caption, “Give...

Yachta Mache - 7

By this time, we had switched rotations, and Carolyn and I left the Diet Therapy office. But we had heard that records were kept on all of us, and...

Yachta Mache - 6

November, 1965 One of the perks of being an officer in a uniformed service, was going to the Post Exchange - PX - for cheap items. I bought a...

Yachta Mache - 5

In September, the rest of our group arrived, and the five from the previous year's internship left. Dorcas was the only one from their bunch that I...

Leggings - Double Spin.

Only one Stewart descended from Bonny Prince Charlie was said to exist after the war - they went to live in a castle in Austria. Mary Stewart. She is the only person with the right to pick the thistle...
Cherry

Yachta Mache - 4

Our first week was made more exciting by our first visit to Happy Hour – at the Officers' Club. It was open on Fridays from 5 to 6, and it seemed...

Leggings - old voices in peril.

Whats he doing over here?