1. To accept that today I will not be productive because it is the day of Alec's 11-plus exam.
2. To drop a bag of outgrown and broken down shoes into the recycling.
3. Alec returns confident, almost cocky. He is content with his exam performance.
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...