The smell of candy floss in the air, the sound of a bell hitting its mark, and the sheer thrive of winning a goldfish swimming around in a plastic bag. Such are the memories I have from going to the fairground in the UK as a child.

I remember fishing…

The end of another season and the start of sorting out my children’s clothes, finding which clothes are too small and which ones I can keep for when the weather changes again. I have done it for the last seven years and I will continue to do it for a…

The Americans planted their flag on the moon.

As if they could own the moon.

And no other nation seemed to care

about the ownership of this magical sphere,

giving journeys the right of passage.

Where is this pathway to freedom?

Where are the upward steps,

leading to our ultimate kingdom?

I had my second shot of the coronavirus vaccine yesterday so I can now wear my cape with pride, put my knuckles to my waist, point my nose to the sun and breathe in the air of heroes. Yes, I too am now a kind of a Batman — with…

My daughter notices me.

she builds a tower and when she doesn’t

get the standing ovation she is used to

she notices me.

He asked if we are the only living things

at an age when looking down

from the top of the food chain

seems intoxicating.

“Sit down,” the mountain told the wind.

“I was not made to sit down,” the wind replied.

To that, the mountain told the wind to adapt.

So the wind crouched down, tried and tried

and in the end, it discovered it had wings to flap.