Springtime
All over the northern hemisphere, we are noting the tell tale signs of Spring ousting the dark days of Winter. The southern hemisphere stole away our light, our colour and our joy but now we are retrieving what was lost as their early autumn heralds their winter. Today I did not wear a coat as I ventured into the city centre to visit two bookshops. I was looking for any novel by James Kelman having enjoyed "Dirt Road" so much. Though this mission was unsuccessful I did manage to buy four other books - "Cuddy" by Benjamin Myers, "The Stone Diaries" by Carol Shields, "Walking the Rivelin" by Sue Shaw and Keith Kendall and "BOSH! More Plants" by my only born son and his old school friend Henry Firth. Two books were liberated from the Oxfam book shop on Glossop Road and two from the Orchard Square branch of "Waterstones". How lovely it was to be out there in the sunshine and people's hearts seemed to be lifted. You could ...