Thursday, April 06, 2006
the day i fell off the earth. saturday was warm. i was walking along the back lanes and the breeze coming up from the beach, which was three or four hundred yards off to my right but with the rough waves sounded much closer, was a refreshing release from the dead heat that had earlier made the walk through the housing estate so uncomfortable. it was horrible. warm air filling my lungsno venting just sweat on top of sticky sweat. but it felt much better being out on the empty dirt trackthat ran adjacent to the shore. i had walked theses laneways and old tracks hundreds of times before, infactthere was very little by way of navigation in this village that i was not firmly sure stepping because i was the milk man all through my teenage years. however this afternoon something seemed different, there was no one on the entire lane for a start and this in itself was quite unusual for such a sunny afternoon,the sea breeze was quite strong and yet none of the trees and bushes that lined either side of the road wheremoving. they were perfectly still. everything was still and so quiet. i continued my walk but quickened mypace, egger to get back to a position on the road where i could see my house. as i rounded the bend wherethe view opened up and my house could be spotted the weirdest thing happened.....
