Saturday, May 24, 2008

Clapping, potatoes and aging.

1. As we drink coffee in the garden, we hear a burst of applause from the cricket.

2. Opening the potato sack, I discover a bag of Jersey Royals smelling of earth and summer.

3. The evening park is crowded with teenagers. It's as if the babies and toddlers from the afternoon have all grown up.

Lie in, writing prompt and lunch tray.

1. Both children are off sick, so we all have a lie-in, warm in the dark, and don't get up until full daylight. 2. I work to a writing p...