Contents
PART ONE
MIDDLE ROOM, BRIGHTLEY VICARAGE, 24 JULY 1827
GIRL ON A BICYCLE
LARGER IN MY MIND
CLOSER TO MILTON CLOSE
CLOSER AND CLOSER
STUDYING DAVE
CROSSING THE LINE
UP TO GOD KNOWS WHAT
NO STARS
SOMEWHERE IN A FIELD, BRIGHTLEY, JULY 1973
THE BACKWARD-FACING HOUSE
WOO HOO
ON THE PATH TO BRIGHTLEY, 1973
STEAK AT LAST
BRIGHTLEY VICARAGE, AUGUST 1973
THE END OF THE WORLD
A PUB AND A HOUSE AND A HOUSE AND A PUB
LITTER RAT TURE
THE SEPTEMBER RESCUE PLAN
NOT QUITE AS I REMEMBERED
UNDER THE HEDGE
CASE OF THE RISING MIST
MIDDLE ROOM
LOVELY EGGS
THE SWINGING LEG
CHURCHYARD, BRIGHTLEY
EARLY NIGHT
WHILE SHE SLEEPS
PITCH-BLACK, FREEZING COLD, STILL ONLY AUTUMN
CRISPS ON MY FINGERS
MIDNIGHT, CHURCHYARD, BRIGHTLEY
GOODBYE, MAGGIE
DRIVEWAY, BRIGHTLEY VICARAGE
MARMALADE AND DUST
NOT THE KIND OF MAN TO MEET YOUR MOTHER
ATOMS AND STONES
KITCHEN, BRIGHTLEY
GREAT DANES AND DISCONNECTIONS
THE NOVEMBER RESCUE PLAN
DECEMBER AND DONKEYS
THE INVITATION
WINDOW, MIDDLE ROOM
WARMING UP
PART TWO
LIKE THE NIGHT SHE COMES
CHRISTMAS EVE
CHRISTMAS
A TRAY IN BOTH HANDS
MEAT AND TWO VEG
WASTREL
TEA, EGGS, CAKE, PAMPHLETS
OUT WALKING WITH ALGERNON
EARLY EARLY SPRING 1974
KITCHEN
SHE CHUCKED HIM
WARDROBE, BRIGHTLEY
MIDDLE ROOM, MIDNIGHT
SKETCHING AFTERNOONS
MOSS, SCARF, VITAMINS
GRAVES, GHOSTS AND FLORA
BRIGHTLEY, SPRING 1974
HIM
BRIGHTLEY LIGHTS
BEHOLD ALL WONDROUS THINGS
MIDDLE ROOM, BRIGHTLEY
THE HARD CHAIR
THE MADNESS OF MAY
NOT SAFE IN YOUR OWN COUNTRY
DOG, GHOST, BOYFRIEND
THE GREAT ROMANTIC FOOL
DREAMING AND WRITING
BY THE LIGHT OF THE MOON
HERE I GO AGAIN
CLOSING TIME
LAST WALK
VOID
VANDALS AND THIEVES
TEA WITH EVERYTHING
SHADOWS
CLEANING UP
ARRIVALS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS