1. When I start work, there are long spatters of rain on the window, and a faint pricking sound of more to come.
2. In the rain boys from an office line up houseplants in matching white pots against the red brick wall.
3. I've been focussed on my work today, not rushing exactly, but pushing ahead and not lingering on anything. Now we are making sushi for supper, and I'm hungry and I want to hurry the children along. 'Make some sashimi,' I say. Slices of salmon and tuna are faster than the rolls they've been making. But then I realise, this is our family time. We've nowhere to be but here, and soon the rice will be finished.
