Archive: October, 2006

The People in My Neighbourhood

Friday, October 27th, 2006

There we were, sprawled on the bed sound asleep after a long day of feeling sorry for ourselves for being caught in the third day running of Annoying Flu-Like Illness, when the intercom buzzed.
“Hey, there’s someone at the door!” I nudged Gully.
“Hmmm?”
The intercom buzzed again, followed by a knock on the door. Now if you’ve […]

My Brown-Legged Girl

Monday, October 9th, 2006

There I sat at the races wearing my new pink dress and sipping Coke Zero out of a can with a straw, listening to the ladies in front as they animatedly chatted away. Suddenly, one of them turned to face me.
“That’s a really nice dress.” She said.
The compliment was appreciated, because the dress is really […]