Tag: housing
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Upon Meeting a New Neighbour – Reflections
Summertime in the country: a soft gauze of morning mist on dew, the chirp of crickets in the grass, a summer melody of bees amongst white seas of clover, a carking parliament of rooks around the beech stand on the hill. Long, hot days spent behind the bailer, helping load a wain of rich-smelling hay…
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Monday Morning Rant – From a Conversation with Joe
Why is Joe important to me? Maybe because he’s one of the legions of people who live alone, who are not easily employable, and who, for one reason or another, rely upon the State to support them. Joe is not ‘lazy’. With his history of mental illness, I doubt he has a real concept of…