The gods paintbrush smeared across the sky.

This amazing occurrence that happens almost every night.

Brilliance that brings awe to everyone that comes here, that i now hardly even notice. Eyes dulled the everyday normalising.

I slow down and examine it:

Heralded by a throng of clanging cow bells

The sky is on fire.

The suns final harrah before it sleeps behind the mountains.

Clouds lit to glowi...

Fantasy had lost its magic. 

Gravitating to the fantasy section - eyes shut, blinkered.

I felt stifled, in order to grow I needed to dive into other genres.

Arriving in the bookshop by chance, serendipity, fate.

This invitation by Liz to the top floor of Blackwells to hear her interview a new author.

I  journey through the shop, through the genres.

Smells of coffee, polish, new books.

Tak...

“Everyone of theses ancestors had their marriages arranged.”

We walked down the long corridor of dark paintings that I had walked down so many times. Maybe that’s why they all looked so unhappy, I thought.

We strolled along the well manicured gardens.

We stopped at a rose “it is said…

That your great great aunt was to be married to one of the wealthiest and most powerful families. The night of...

A group of young men entered the shop. They were laughing loudly and joking with each other.

They spread around the shop. Too many for me to keep an eye on all of them.

“This would look great on you, mate.”

From the way they talked I could tell they had been drinking.

They were rifling through the clothes section. Pulling out shirts, trousers, jumpers.

“Yeah, looks sick”

One of them now had...