Learning to Glow

to be generative, not productive

We’ve reached the lightless time of year. It is 3pm on a Tuesday afternoon. I can hear jackdaws in the tree above the house, their clacks and shrieks making something inside me smile. But the view from my window is of a town in half darkness. The sky glowers a deep blue-grey. People are walking down the lane a little more hunched than usual. Their voice…