Small stories of April

30th April 2011

A   carrying a rucksack with ‘swag’ written on it has just legged it through my garden and over the garage roof, nearly landing on my car. He is quickly followed by two plain clothes police officers both carrying handcuffs in their back pockets, looking a bit like The Sweeney. And hark the glad sound of the police helicopter hovering over Bethnal Green. 

It’s lovely here on bank holidays..!

30th April 2012

Is about to go into the 9/11 memorial and find the name of Fr Mychal Judge, the first named fatality on that day. A fire service chaplain who was killed giving the last rites to a fireman at the bottom of the South Tower. A Franciscan down to his bootstraps he used to greet people at his door , “Take what you want , it isn’t mine, I’m just glad to be alive!”

30th April 2014

The IT department at the University of Cumbria are going from office to office in white gloves rounding up all the old printers as the whole thing gets centralised. The drama department had given theirs a name. The printer was called ‘Harold Printer’

4th of April 2019

Home, mildly unwell. Decide to have a warm bath and do some long overdue personal tidying. Slice finger while negotiating a tight turn around the lower extremities and now there is blood all over the bathroom, the towels and the newly-mown self . Bathroom looks like an out-take from ‘Psycho’ but thankfully I haven’t got my glasses on. Bit worried that when my lodger comes home at 7 he’s going to think he’s next!