Loved this! I’ve recently begun taking my first steps into the world of boxing, so can really feel this story. I hope I’ll be like that old man when I grow old. Patient, kind, but with a hidden strength about him.
So glad you saw those characteristics in him ... this is another one of those tiny pieces that might just ripple out into the longer piece it was originally intended to be.
Brain and brawn... there are so many, perhaps well disguised, parallels! Great writing Barrie, this made me think of an old bare knuckle fighter friend, long gone now but he played chess like pro, tired to teach me too even but sadly I’m all brawn!
Very kind, Ben (and lovely e mail - I’ll reply shortly).
Loved this! I’ve recently begun taking my first steps into the world of boxing, so can really feel this story. I hope I’ll be like that old man when I grow old. Patient, kind, but with a hidden strength about him.
So glad you saw those characteristics in him ... this is another one of those tiny pieces that might just ripple out into the longer piece it was originally intended to be.
That would be great! I subscribed and I’m looming forward to reading it.
Very kind, thank you
Excellent story!
Thank you so much. Feels like then start of something, an introduction to a character, perhaps
Brain and brawn... there are so many, perhaps well disguised, parallels! Great writing Barrie, this made me think of an old bare knuckle fighter friend, long gone now but he played chess like pro, tired to teach me too even but sadly I’m all brawn!
I bet your friend had some tales! Yes, both worlds are rich with stories.
More than I could possibly remember, he was quite a character, revered and feared in equal quantities by all...