Oh Joy! My doctor has given me sleep-facilitating drugs. "Do you know codeine?" he asked and I innocently blinked while shaking 'no'. Sure do I know codeine. Give me some give me some give me some please. And he did. He then asked whether my new novel was out yet. He had read my first […]
moreStill sick. (How come someone like Obama never gets the flu? I suppose that's why someone like Obama becomes president. Sigh – does this mean I shall always remain a running mate kind of person?)
moreThen came a third sign with a heart and an arrow through the heart. One end of the arrow said "Y" the other "A" and then "4 ever." Happy signs after all.
moreI picked up my son yesterday from his grandparents' home. Along the highway, someone had put up a hand-painted sign saying "I miss you" in red. 300 meters later came a second sign. That one said: "only 6 1/2 years"Sad signs. Maybe they were put there by an ex. Or maybe they were about a […]
moreYesterday early evening: I had drinks at my publisher's. Now that I've handed in a chapter I dared show up for the Friday drinks. One of the editors and I discussed the sociological civilization theory in relation to something he was working on. Two hours later, I found myself at a table in a hot […]
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