Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Signing off, attention and a bit girly.

1. The midwives sign me off -- it's a happy occasion and a sad occasion. They tell me that Bettany is beautiful and that I was built to give birth.

1. You don't half get a lot of attention if you walk down the street with a small baby. Everyone smiles at you.

2. 'Sorry,' says the butcher's boy, who has been actually cooing over Bettany, 'They make me go a bit girly.'

Northernmost point, out of the rain and blue fire.

1. An alarm goes off in Nick's pocket to let us know that it's the moment of the winter solstice. 2. The rain is falling in steady c...