I’m not really a big fan of religion; I think it ranks up there with astrology, spoon bending and shamanistic quackery. Of course, it’s susperstitious nonsense in general I dislike, rather than any specific faith, and religious people in themselves certainly don’t seem any more or less agreeable than atheists, well apart from the Archbishop […]
“I ‘did’ my first lesbians on Friday” were the words my mother used to open our weekly telephone conversation.
“Have you told father yet?” I eventually managed to stammer, trying to banish some intensely disturbing images from my mind.
“It was a lovely ceremony,” she added, allowing me to finally grasp that she wasn’t discussing some kind […]
Shocking! No new posts for weeks and not so much as a “by your leave?”, not even a perfunctory Merry Christmas or Happy New Year message. Certainly no mention of my suitcase eventually returning in time for me to schlepp it back to Stuttgart via London and Paris (and Metz, every piddling, little train station […]