a time & a place

coming full circle

Dappled sunlight. Fallen leaves on a pavement. Scuffed white plimsolls.

It’s a simple autumnal scene, but for me, this picture holds a memory — it takes me back to a specific time and a place. The day these leaves fell was a Saturday in October last year. Life was slowly returning (after lockdown) to something more familiar. My book had just been publish…