Life in a Fishbowl

Reflections on the first four weeks of a writer’s residency

Usually they do a double-take, but continue on their way without any fuss. Sometimes they reappear from behind the bookshelf, to confirm they have seen what indeed they have seen, as unusual as it is. Then decide its not worth querying and, like their compatriots, continue on their way. Occasionally they stand and discuss their theories as to whom this …