Trespass, v. ‘any unjustifiable intrusion by a person upon the land in possession of another.’ From old French trespasser ‘pass over, trespass’, ‘trespas’, passing across’. I went out to the field at the back of the house tonight in the gathering dark. It’s been three days now, possibly more (time…

When I was a girl I was a runner. I ran barefoot, like Zola Budd. I ran fast, loving the feeling of grass under my feet, of crossing the freshly chalked lines on the school field before the competition. …