I dressed and went for a walk - determined not to return until I took in what Nature had to offer.

Happiness. It comes on unexpectedly. And goes beyond, really, any early morning talk about it.

Nights without beginning that had no end. Talking about a past as if it'd really happened. Telling themselves that this time next year, this time next year, things were going to be different.

My heart is broken,” she goes. “It’s turned to a piece of stone. I’m no good. That’s what’s as bad as anything, that I’m no good anymore.

I dressed and went for a walk - determined not to return until I took in what Nature had to offer.

The smooth stones you pick up and examine under the moon's light have been made blue from the sea. Next morning when you pull them from your trouser pocket, they are still blue.

We knew our days were numbered. We had fouled up our lives and we were getting ready for a shake-up.