I think window shopping counts as found items, don’t you? When I work in town once a month, I sometimes have a little time spare on the route back through to school pick up. It was mild today. Mild enough to decide to get off the bus early, walk a bit, then get on another …
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6 Oct: invent your perfect ice cream flavour
Decisions, decisions. Is it one flavour, or a multiple that taste particularly good together? Does it need to be like something familiar or can it be un-ice cream like (ie something you wouldn’t normally associate with cold and creamy tastes)? Part of me is tempted to say that the perfect ice cream has already been …
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L is for log
Had my parents round today. At one point, Junior Reader took Granny Ro off to the post office to post some letters and came back…with a log. Now I’ve already posted about the many and various items that kids pick up and bring home. But I wasn’t particularly expecting a log. On the way back …
5 October: the perfect dinner party
I am on the phone to the imaginary agent of Stephen Fry. The agent is sorry, but the imaginary Stephen is booked solid for several months. As a popular person to invite to imaginary perfect dinner parties, I need to understand it is hard for him to make time to come. I try the imaginary …
M is for Mr Men
Returning from a very happy playdate this afternoon, I come in and remove my shoes. There is something extra on the bottom of my sock – I can feel it as I move through the house. On closer inspection, it’s a Mr Men sticker. And I smile, because being a parent is often about the …