End of
January 2021 Story ©
By Michael
Casey
Well we’ve
reached the end of January 2021, tomorrow is
31st, I’m fighting Tinnitus a lot recently. As I do it gives
me ideas for a story, everything gives me an idea, they are endless. In the
dark of the Tinnitus night, with the sea roaring in my ears I have loads of
ideas. If Tinnitus were a servant I’d strangle him and push him in the canal,
though if Tinnitus was Tinnita, a female, I might indulge in The Servant
behaviour, which was a film with Dirk Bogarde, which I saw a long time ago. Or am I thinking of the Night Porter. Go
Google. Or at least read his books, he was a great writer, no mistake about
that.
So there
you have one idea I could follow, instead I’m like a teacher pointing you in a
direction, you have to do the spade work
yourselves. Meanwhile my daughter has finished studying for the day so is
watching Brave on tv, the Disney cartoon, I’ll go join her presently. I am very
eclectic in all things. This might help you too should you ever want to write,
or carry bags in a hotel, yes I’ve done both. Being nosey, and being interested
in everything, might help too should you
want to be a detective, or have children. Daddy you are my Google comes to
mind, and yes my daughters used to say that to me when they were smaller. Now
my job is to stay alive long enough to see then both graduate, and maybe even
marry, and me become a granddad, as opposed to looking like a granddad, there
is a difference. Besides I’m sure they’ll want money for something as long as I’m
alive. And no, I don’t care what they do, so long as they are happy, and nobody
tries to hurt them.
So where
was I, in the kitchen looking for chewing gum, but all of it has gone, so I
made do with a Royal Gala apple, they are great so buy some. I was offered the
girls’ slops earlier, they had made carbonara if I got it right, slops are fine,
so long as they are offered while still hot. This is your life as a dad, eating
slops, so the bin doesn’t eat all my money. Though are binmen are on strike, so
we have to make sure we squeeze everything
into one bin, so it is better to have no slops, and leave space in the dustbin.
I did
have an idea for a piece in the mode of CV and Linkedin Profile, a piece I
wrote years ago, and it is 11 years on Wordpress now, a message told me so. The
new piece might be called Two Faced, like in shops or hairdressers, or just
regular Politicians. So you have, Hello Nice to See You, on the first
line. Followed by I really hate the SOB, but she’s paying me. Then you go through
a list, of Positive statements, followed by the Real Truth. Now I only need this idea, this title in my
head then away I go. One hour to write, then 5 minutes for you all to read.
Yes, that’s how it works.
I look
out the window and get another idea, just
by observing passers-by, just like in The Bicycle Removal Service, you can dig out
that story on my Blogger. It’s quieter here at the new house, so not as many
free ideas. I just need a title and the rest flows or follows, I’m just deciding
which jug to pour from. You can try writing like that for yourself. You have to
have ideas to start with, then you stitch them together. It did take my a year to
learn to sew, and as I’ve said before 20 years of Quality Speech Radio, BBC
Radio4 before that.
Now as I’m
sat here I look like a scare crow, wearing an old Flasher Mac as a Smoking Jacket
and a red scarf, since I cut my own hair off I feel the cold, so I’m layered
up so I stay warm. Now the second I say
that, I think I could write a piece about favourite tatty clothing, mind you
nearly all of mine is like that. I’m not
going anywhere, even without Covid 19. If the charity shop were open then the
kids would throw everything away, what
do you all think, you’ve seen the photos attached to my writing.
So these
are some musings for the end of January, please God as all of us say, Let Covid 19 go away.
With that I have to go watch Brave the Disney cartoon,
you could all write about your favourite cartoons, that’s your homework. And if
you hear any noise in the night, it’s me playing music, to drown Tinnitus with.
