What’s the longest shift you’ve ever worked? For me, I recently worked several days straight. Or was it weeks? I don’t even know anymore, because to be honest, it was the same day, over and over. I don’t mean that metaphorically, but literally. Let me explain. I work the night shift at a local care … Continue reading Long Night at the Nursing Home
Month: February 2018
The Note in the Walls
Six months ago I started building a new house with my fiancee. A few weeks before construction was finished, however, she died. I wasn’t sure if I wanted to continue living there at first, but this was the house of her dreams, built to her exact specifications. I couldn’t let it go. Shortly after I … Continue reading The Note in the Walls
The Night Walkers
There are certain noises you can hear late at night when you’re camping in the middle of nowhere. To some they are a comfort, to others they are fear-inducing. When you’re camping all alone for weeks on end, however, they take on a whole new level of meaning. I like to camp. I go often; … Continue reading The Night Walkers
The Beast of Leda Point
For several months of the year I work as a volunteer fire lookout at a rather large national park. There are several towers, most abandoned now, but year after year I keep returning, and now I’m the only lookout left. It takes a special type of person to lock themselves away from civilisation for months … Continue reading The Beast of Leda Point