Ethereal Writing Archives - Graham Lawrence https://www.grahamlawrence.net/ethereal-writing/ Writer, Publisher, Retired Thu, 16 Jan 2025 04:05:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://www.grahamlawrence.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/cropped-Favicon-152-32x32.png Ethereal Writing Archives - Graham Lawrence https://www.grahamlawrence.net/ethereal-writing/ 32 32 59298246 The Face https://www.grahamlawrence.net/the-face-a-story-by-graham-lawrence/ https://www.grahamlawrence.net/the-face-a-story-by-graham-lawrence/#respond Thu, 16 Jan 2025 04:05:39 +0000 https://www.grahamlawrence.net/?p=6409 Andy and I sat around a small table close to the fire or fake fire in the large lounge of the George surrounded by people of all ages and backgrounds. We were quiet and enjoying the occasional memory of school or occasional exchange of work story or comment on the football. It was a warm […]

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]]> https://www.grahamlawrence.net/the-face-a-story-by-graham-lawrence/feed/ 0 6409 Betty / Beauty https://www.grahamlawrence.net/betty-beauty-a-story-by-graham-lawrence/ https://www.grahamlawrence.net/betty-beauty-a-story-by-graham-lawrence/#respond Wed, 30 Oct 2024 03:43:59 +0000 https://www.grahamlawrence.net/?p=6388 The freshly cut coriander roots smelt wonderful infusing the whole house with their virgin freshness as they awaited becoming some addition to a preplanned dish, and by doing so losing the extent of their odour, losing their power to totally overwhelm and becalm, losing their power to demand to be noticed but adding a more […]

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]]> https://www.grahamlawrence.net/betty-beauty-a-story-by-graham-lawrence/feed/ 0 6388 Sweeping Up https://www.grahamlawrence.net/sweeping-up-a-story-by-graham-lawrence/ https://www.grahamlawrence.net/sweeping-up-a-story-by-graham-lawrence/#respond Wed, 18 Sep 2024 04:24:16 +0000 https://www.grahamlawrence.net/?p=6336 It is almost two years now, and I suppose it is time to record the actual true events before they fade or my memory decides to exclude such things that don’t fit with preconceived and taught ideas typical of someone raised in the rational and heartless late 60’s and 70’s. It also seems fitting as I sit […]

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]]> https://www.grahamlawrence.net/sweeping-up-a-story-by-graham-lawrence/feed/ 0 6336 Lita https://www.grahamlawrence.net/lita-an-enigmatic-writing-by-graham-lawrence-she-is-a-mystery/ https://www.grahamlawrence.net/lita-an-enigmatic-writing-by-graham-lawrence-she-is-a-mystery/#respond Sat, 24 Aug 2024 04:33:29 +0000 https://www.grahamlawrence.net/?p=6295 … there she was again. Maybe thirty meters in front and about to round the corner. Sudden surge forward. I couldn’t miss her this time. And yet there she was at the next corner about to take a right still thirty meters ahead. I was determined this time I would get level. A sprint and […]

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]]> https://www.grahamlawrence.net/lita-an-enigmatic-writing-by-graham-lawrence-she-is-a-mystery/feed/ 0 6295 The Wedding Party https://www.grahamlawrence.net/the-wedding-part-a-writing-by-graham-lawrence/ https://www.grahamlawrence.net/the-wedding-part-a-writing-by-graham-lawrence/#comments Fri, 17 May 2024 06:31:41 +0000 https://www.grahamlawrence.net/?p=6102 Ah, release! I glided slowly at first but then warming up nicely behind, and picking up speed. High, high, high above the low clouds, and viewed from above they were as cotton wooled carpet onto which you could step. A temptation. I wanted to take that now and walk and roll and play in that […]

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