On falling down stairs

It is only in the last year or two that the thought of falling down stairs has begun to bother me. As a child I recall my mother’s hushed tones as she shared the news with one of her chapel-going friends that ‘Elsie has had a little fall’. In view of the fact that...
The thing about walking

The thing about walking

“Why do you enjoy walking?”, people ask. “Is it about being in the fresh air or being close to nature? Is it about having time to think?” Well yeah — maybe; all of the above, probably. But those aren’t the best parts – not for me at least. For me, the special...