1. Waking up before the alarm goes off so that I can ease into the day without the help of news about Israel and Palastine.
2. Finding cheap Kentish strawberries (all shapes and sizes, apparently) that had been reduced, and then finding expensive Hertfordshire strawberries that had been reduced to the same price.
3. A film that leaves you with a whole mouthful of questions -- Lou and I watched the Lakehouse, a story of lovers separated by two years.
Watering cans, eating alone and settling down.
1. The grounding weight of my watering cans. 2. Our schedules mean that I eat supper alone in the peaceable, silent kitchen. 3. Now the chil...
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1. The shortest night and the longest day. I was up at Wellington Rocks with Anna, Paul and Jason. We couldn't see the sun through the m...
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1. Oli has written a poem describing how Tunbridge Wells makes him veer between wanting to fall in love and wanting to shoot people. Which i...
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1. The cottage across the carpark is covered in scaffolding. Now that the roofers have gone home, the family has climbed up to see the view ...