Birthday news: Many happy returns to loyal reader Jen in Hong Kong.
1. Long shadows early in the morning.
2. Having control of the air con.
3. A good nectarine that perfumes my flat and has juice that runs down my chin.
Stars, reading aloud and distracted.
1. Our last few gingerbread stars are still crisp and good; still tasting of the butter we measured and melted and mixed. 2. I read aloud fr...
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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 ...