In a bun dance

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282/365 Shadows and difficult questions

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“We are so tall. Look mummy,” said Boy Three, who then insisted on me taking a picture.  I’d have taken a picture of just about anything at that point because he’d been asking difficult questions. “Is there a baby in your tummy?”“No.”“Why not?”“There just isn’t. And there isn’t going to be. You’re my baby.”“When I was […]

280/365 On the reading list today

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    The bigger Boys are engrossed in books at the moment – a fairly unusual state of affairs in this digital age. But what’s more remarkable is what they’ve chosen to read. Proper books, both of them. I’m delighted but I am tempering my glee with affected disinterest in case they realise they are […]

276/365 The old man is snoring…

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It’s raining, it’s pouring…There we were relaxing into the clear misty autumn like we hadn’t a care in the world. And then, last night, a familiar drumming noise heralded a change. It was raining. And raining. And raining.Roads are flooded, trouser legs are damp, wellies are discovered to be too small. I’m hoping the gutters don’t need […]

275/365 A rainbow on my plate

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I love colours – the brighter the better. I have long since stopped waiting to grow out of wanting the brightest, loudest thing in the shop. It’s fair to say I’m never going to have a beige moment or be happy in dun, sludge, mouse or mole – they even sounds bland and boring. So when […]