‘And then I stopped myself. The fact of it was that the child looked perfectly happy.’ Photo: Robert Nelson / Unsplash.

‘To watch the contents of one’s mind can be an uncomfortable business.’

Thought for the week: Judy Clinton blows hot and cold

‘To watch the contents of one’s mind can be an uncomfortable business.’

by Judy Clinton 29th March 2019

It was a bitterly cold day. Before leaving the house I togged up with multiple layers of clothing, hat, gloves and scarf, and set out looking like some kind of arctic explorer, just as I used to when, dressed up by my mother, I went out into a Glaswegian winter day.