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The very best and worst of days

October 22nd, 2008 at 7:51 am » Comments (19)

When I’m feeling blue, I will often lie in bed and stroke my husband’s jawline. Sometimes he’s awake, sometimes not. I usually do this on the day he’s shaved. In those few hours it takes for regrowth to resurface, I will run my fingers with the ‘grain’ of his skin, and get comfort from the […]


Riddle me this

October 21st, 2008 at 5:46 am » Comments (7)

If we were to buy Keira for Christmas some of these damn Beado things she keeps seeing on the television, and they busted all over the floor, and the floor were then to have water tipped over it by a stray elbow onto a cup, then would my floor be permanently decorated by a new […]


This is how the day went: Part 1

October 19th, 2008 at 8:05 am » Comments (8)

By 7.30am Adam and I were down at the Town Square where the book launch was being held, with gloves, buckets, scrubbing brushes and brooms to clean up the mess.
The place I picked the hold the book launch is a nice location, with a fountain nearby and shade, and is a busy thoroughfare to pick […]


Dabbling in the aesthetic appreciation of toilet paper

October 16th, 2008 at 4:58 am » Comments (6)

Being 5pm, my daughter and I were arguing over what we normally do at that time: specifically, dinner. She doesn’t want what I’ve cooked.
“But it’s yummy risotto.”
As we were in the bathroom, our voices were picked up by the acoustics of the tiles and I’m surprised our neighbours didn’t hear this debate - and all […]