The Bird in the Mirror

Ophelia and Tatyana are placed on the columns of the very Edwardian bay window. They are birds of course. Felted woollen ones I brought into the Department and placed on the windows to get rid of my constant loneliness. People aren’t good enough for that, you see. Often, I wonder if I am a borderline …

Gun Island and Turning the Guns on Climate-Writing

It felt great to gaze at the treetops in the sweltering heat. This very cold land is unaccustomed to moments of tropical weather, such as the one we are having these days. Mornings, this summer, looked like afternoons. By the time it was actually "afternoon", people were effectively knocked out by the heat and the …