How Many Miles to Babylon

‘I want to be a writer.’ Words that come easy for a life that isn’t. Writing can be all consuming, all demanding, taking time away from normal interests, sport, TV, visiting, you name it, writing can interrupt it. Memories of making sandwiches from bread I baked the day before, packing a lunch to go on a day trip by coach… the act of making the sandwiches from home-made bread triggered a short story idea. I wrote it in my head all day… no notebook, left home in too much of a hurry, clutchin...