Less than 5,400 minutes and counting. When the time is up, at exactly 2pm on 9th August 2017, I and everyone else involved in the criminal case, as well as the killer, will be sitting back in Meilen Court for the Sentencing. There is no frame of experience to help me prepare for this. There […]
Letter for Alex
My darling Alex, As walked among the trees this morning, checking the irrigation and drip-feed sprinklers, I missed you so bad that I had to cut short my walk. It was unbearably hot outside, the sun already high and not a cloud in the sky. Mid-summer noon on our finca is not for the faint-hearted, […]
When Normal Ceased to Exist
Sudden, violent, brutal death. Out of nowhere, in an instant, the life you knew lies smashed at your feet, shattered into in a million pieces. Glass splinters thrown in each and every direction. However hard you try, you will never find all the pieces to put that old life together again. A new phantom world […]
The Death Certificate
I knew what it was before I opened the envelope. I just knew, like I knew that my son was dead before the policeman told me. Quietly, taking a deep breath, I sat down at the kitchen table, and placed the envelope before me. It was morning. It was daylight. I was alone. The snow […]