‘It’s only a bird’, said you. ‘Why would you get so wound up about a bird’?
‘Cause it’s not there’, I replied, but you just laughed.
But it wisnae funny. Pavarotti arrived early April and has been singing his heart out from that top most branch of that tallest tree till two days ago.
Then nothing!
You said, ‘He’s probably found a bird’.
But he’s too young for that, isn’t he?
Then you said, ‘He’s probably moved out, found a taller tree.’
But he wouldn’t do that, would he?
Next thing you know, I’ll be wandering the streets and the park looking for him and hoping he’s alright.
A bit daft that really, what if he’s just grown up?
Before graduating in English Literature at the University of Edinburgh in 1995, I worked as a master joiner/carpenter. Following graduation from university, I studied for a post-graduate diploma in Community Education and worked as a literacy tutor in Community Learning and Development. I have gained education awards and published an academic paper on the use of Scots language in family literacy work. I have produced teachers' notes for the Scottish Book Trust.
My first work of fiction, Justified Sinner, was completed in 2016. Since then I have published three more novels in the JP Associate series.
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