John D Burns

My mind wanders

My universe turned white. There were no other colours visible. If I looked up I saw snow falling if I looked down I [...]

I’m driving along the shore of Loch Ness, my eight year old daughter in the back of the car, when she suddenly yells [...]

I have a wardrobe full of old trousers I never wear. I don’t wear them because I can’t get into them but I [...]

I have decided to become one with the rain. No one told us here in the UK summer had been cancelled; they just [...]

I took one look at myself in the photo and realised I’ve been eating my way to paradise, well an early grave at [...]

“It’s not too far down, I think I can jump it,” announced John, he’s on all fours peering over the edge of a [...]

When I got off the ferry I thought there had been some mistake. The road simply ran into the sea and all I [...]

I promise you, without a word of lie, that this is probably the best granny walk in the Highlands. Why? Because it combines [...]

The atmosphere at the shop counter is becoming noticeably tense. I’ve been here too long, I can tell. “That’s £1.50,” the shop [...]

Strange how you take things for granted and familiar things gets ignored, like the view from my window. I overlook the river [...]