My dad is about to be another birthday older. In birthday card terms he is in the 'age cards' section. There has been cause, in the past eighteen months, to not look as far ahead as this big birthday. At times, wafting from hour to hour has been as far as our family could move, … Continue reading That’s not my dad
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Ridiculous
Her eldest son says that he doesn’t feel great. He doesn’t look great either. She doesn’t feel great. She certainly doesn’t look great. His is a mostly physical affliction, with a bit of spellings and times table trauma thrown in. Hers is mostly mental, with a tinge of over-emotional induced headache sprinkled about. The two … Continue reading Ridiculous
Car boot Barbie
I had never been involved in running a boot at a car boot sale before. In actual fact, I had a sneaking suspicion that I hadn't ever been to a fully-fledged car boot sale. This realisation took me by surprise rather, surely I had been to at least one and had just forgotten. I had … Continue reading Car boot Barbie
Janitor to aisle six
The human brain is quite a thing. A whiff of creosote and I am pinged back in time - walking home from primary school, in through our friendly smelling back gate and straight into the garden. I forget this memory until I smell creosote out of the blue again and then I ping back as … Continue reading Janitor to aisle six
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