Walking to the rear of the house up a narrow staircase leading through a dark corridor and exiting into a small room. There’s a preacher nearby shouting at his congregation through a bullhorn. The plastic-wrapped Teddy’s in the corner amplify the already macabre atmosphere. I hear Jesus isn’t going to take kindly to sinners; the voice sounding raw from the shrill. The plastic feels old and brittle, they’ve been in this position for a long time. Clearing the small […]

The winter wonderland that was the village a few weeks before was fast becoming a mess as snow turned to slush. The seasons change rapidly in the north. The time difference between sunset on arrival to sunset at our departure a month later was two hours, three if you count the man-made daylight savings. The melting snow ran off the mountain in rapid steady streams; small dams built by local children overflowed and washed away within minutes. There was a […]

Expired film and flashbacks under lockdown.