Saturday, November 23, 2013

A pink foot, one line and the whale.

1. When I turn back to Bettany she has a pink foot in her mouth and a blissful expression on her face.

2. Meredith brings a box of Paul's macaroons. "You do one line," she says, "And I'll do the other."

3. I tell Alec about Jonah and the Whale and he recounts the story back to me -- except that it's Alec who gets swallowed by the whale, and it's 'Mummy' doing the telling, not God.

Sunday shopping, Caesar salad and stew.

1. In the second part of Sunday afternoon, when the shop assistants are telling us to have a good evening, the sun is low and dusty and the ...