In the cool summer air I lay, stretched out on blue blankets and pillows on my terrace, the way I always do at least once a week when the weather is pleasant. The air was fresh and sweet-smelling from the the flowers growing on my terrace garden. It was comfortably warm because of the freshly-baked... Continue Reading →
The Birthday Party
Unassuming and with a present in my hand, I walked up to the front porch of my neighbour’s house. Being new to this neighbourhood, I felt welcome when I received an invitation to my neighbour Anna’s eleventh birthday party just two days after I had moved. I had never met her, but her grandmother. I... Continue Reading →
Clueless and Seized
It looks likes a storage closet and smells like a garbage can, and I am not even close to exaggerating. I think the wall is broken, or maybe it's the door, because either way, the cracks in the infrastructure allow meagre streaks of light into the room I am unceremoniously trapped in. ‘Trapped’ is the... Continue Reading →
Chromatic Aberration 