Tuesday, July 20, 2010

The set-up, sketch and alert.

1. There's a box that I've been ignoring -- a Sargasso sea of cables woven and tangled with peripherals. I comb out the tendrils, link everything together and throw the switch. We have a computer again. The Internet is expected on Wednesday.

2. The tv man makes a verbal sketch of a husband sulking on the sofa because "...and forgive me for saying this, but he wants what he's used to having, and he doesn't like it when he doesn't get it."

3. Behind the reception desk in A&E, they have a collection of toy meercats in medical uniforms. 

Dull, after the rain and prepping.

1. I slap the full water butt to enjoy the dull thump. 2. My herbs have doubled in size in the rain, which seems to have nourished them in a...