She asked me once if I was ever aware that I was alive. This is what I told her: A long time ago we left our town about ten in the morning in an old Volkswagen to go fishing. Within a couple of hours the Kombi was rattling and winding its way between spinifex and [...]
Entries from October 2008
October 19, 2008
What the doctor told me
He used to assess the medical fitness of pilots for the renewal of their commercial licenses and sometimes he suspected borderline mental illness. Not of the stark raving mad type, you understand, but just the occasional tenuous link to reality that could make passengers nervous. So, one day he discovers that patient who is the [...]
