Sunday, July 22, 2007

Actor, charmer and flying.

1. At a book fair, I hear a familiar, rumbling voice: 'Have you got anything about trees?' It's Tom Baker. He chats to my companion, but I retreat in fan-girlish disarray to hide behind a book about cricket in Kent.

2. Babies, it would appear, think Nick is funny. Anonymous Nephew grins broadly every time their eyes meet.

3. A small witch's broom propped outside a front door. I wonder if it belongs to someone who had just returned with their copy of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows?

Done, moon and Irish fairy tales.

1. A meeting that is over by 9.30am. 2. A big full moon is stuck on next door's chimney pots. 3. By my bed is a large and comforting boo...