Donald and I stood side by side at ‘Health and Well-being through Song’ at Strathclyde University.

Then we were still strangers.

We discovered that we live less than a mile from each other.

And share many friends in common. Not so unusual, really.

Donald is a musician and a very accomplished singer.

“Give me a word, I’ll write you a story!” I burbled.

“Wheelbarrow!”

I duly delivered this open prose poem.

A few weeks later he handed me a CD with music inspired by this poem.

What a nice man!