Among The Wonders by Frances Gapper
I am a fox who is counsellor to a tree. Because unlike other foxes, I reach out. Spread the love and understanding.
I am a fox who is counsellor to a tree. Because unlike other foxes, I reach out. Spread the love and understanding.
Our father takes us out past the breakers, into the swells. We can’t touch the bottom, but he can.
It’s a liminal place, this promontory. Existing at the point where the sky meets the land, the bay meets the open sea and — with the outline of the tiny 12th Century chapel walls still just visible under the soft turf — the past meets the present.
Must be twenty or more out there on hands and knees digging up our once beautiful garden right down to the ochre subsoil; no stone is to be left unturned.
Once a writer has a good feel for the basics, I think one of the most difficult aspects of writing to master comes down to the question of what to include on the page and what to leave out.