1. To chase my inclinations doing work of one kind and another.
2. Instead of arguing with tiredness, my child slides easily into bedtime.
3. Even after we work out that what we spotted was Starlink satellites climbing up the sky like a row of celestial ducks, it still seems like a wonder.
1. From my window, trees singed orange by frost and shortened days.
2. The piece of parmesan in the back of the fridge is exactly the weight the recipe calls for.
3. Alec and I finally have space to sit together and hear the bonus episode of Yeti on BBC iPlayer.
1. Really it's too warm for coats today and we should have left them at home.
2. Today I've been planning meals and doing a supermarket order and picking up a few supplies for dinner. Reflecting on what I've bought, I realise that I haven't had that moment of 'how much?' shock. Prices seem to have stopped rising; and we've settled into money-saving habits.
3. Now that Bettany has tried skiing, the snowy episodes in Ronja take on a whole new significance.
1. This week there are green-orange leaves caught in the water gully.
2. He comes up to ask me how scary is The Haunting of Hill House, which he has taken the library.
3. I turn on the radio and sew names in a few items that are being taken on the year 6 residential.
1. Our long shadows fall down the road ahead of us.
2. It's cold today -- nearly hat weather.
3. In the turned soil fat worms are at work. With our gloves on, we can touch anything.
1. Up the stairs come the sounds of Nick handing over a bookshelf that we don't want to a man who does want a bookshelf.
2. Bettany asks for more wool to feed her French knitting habit.
3. What is important right now is sitting and listening to music on the radio together.
1. Shoots of cleavers, sticky on my fingertips. Instead of hiding in the soil as seeds they have plans to overwinter in the green.
2. I am half-listening to Bettany watching The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. It feels like a timeslip.
3. Even through my headphones I can hear the rain falling outside.