by Peter Volkofsky | Author & Life Coach | Sep 16, 2020 | Close to Home
The little girl from Easy’s family claps her hands and steps forward, eager to drink. ‘Don’t touch it, Suzy!’ her mother yells, pulling the girl back. ‘Why, Mummy?’ ‘Can’t you read?’ she says, pointing her sword at the door. ‘It says “death!”’ ‘And that smell coming...
by Peter Volkofsky | Author & Life Coach | Apr 23, 2020 | Close to Home
Walking to the bar, the African picks up one of the schooners and drinks a mouthful. ‘Tastes like home,’ he says, smiling. ‘Smells like an abattoir to me,’ the Aussie says, eyeing the other schooner. There’s no way he’s drinking what looks like a glass full of blood....
by Peter Volkofsky | Author & Life Coach | Mar 30, 2020 | Close to Home
It’s an ‘almost Charles Dickens Day’ in Preston as I walk along the concrete slabs of a footpath: a small dog barks like a starter motor on a cold morning; the bristles of a hedge scrub the sleeve of my jumper and over-hanging fat green leaves touch the top of my...