Do You Twig?

The art of building a story can differ.
Some people start with the central pole of the narrative and duly espalier branches and leaves to decorate their well-structured tree.
I start with the twig
Usually I have no idea as to the type or shape of the tree to which my twig, holding its handful of leaves fanned to capture light, belongs. They are sufficient unto themselves: a slight description, a momentary focus and a microcosm
Now and again I energetically follow the forked route from a twig, to explain their appearance and I arrive at the heavy, skeletal structure of its branch. If I have reached that point moving onto the trunk, and how it is rooted, is a fast process. There is immense satisfaction building a tree from a twig! My collection of short stories, Here and There, all grew from a twig.
I do want to give the ‘twigs’ which remain just that, merely fragments of prose, a chance to wave around a bit. The purpose of this preamble to presenting you with series of Twig beginning with T1.