Kester Brewin

[This] is unbelievable. Oh deary, deary me…

Malcolm just tagged me, and even though I’m not blogging I guess I ought to play the game So here’s five things you probably didn’t know about me: 1. I’m a third generation Maths teacher. My dad and granddad. It’s like the family business. 2. I used to be in a band called Caned and [...]

Ryan got me thinking about numbers this morning, and the countdown that is Advent. Advent Calendar Cardboard windows and gold numbers; A candle burning down digits while cash flows Like chocolate and pies and rivers and drink. I’ve been counting the cost of Christmas, working out what’s been taken away; occupied Palestine and tinsel banned, [...]

Caesarean Sections The bitter old man stands at the gates of the earth Waiting Watching Guarding the only entrance and exit to this citadel planet. The babies file in and the dead file out And he watches them Grimly keeping count. He watches He waits He shivers to shake The tired cold from his limbs [...]