Telling Tales

Episode 1

A Strip of Blue

Bennett speaks of objects in the family home bearing the marks of the past, and how the downward spiral from beauty to dotage leaves him with a feeling that the best of life has already eluded his grasp. This is furthered by growing up during the war, which harkens back to a near fantastical life which was purported to have happened before the conflict. Then it's the smell of the tree at his grandmother's house embossed on his memory and all the subtle differences streetwise children can detect. He concludes by observing how one's surroundings and proper name can fix the mindset of those endowed with them, and of elderly names compared to fashionable names today; and how will all meet the same end.