3.30pm. The sun is low in the sky. It’s stopped raining at last and we’re on our bikes. The Wild is full of hazards: wet leaves to slip on; branches strewn across our path; the threat of sunset. And yet it’s beautiful, this November day. The leaves that still cling to the trees are green, […]
“Seventeen degrees,” Dad says, looking at the temperature gauge in the car when he picks me up from the station at lunchtime today. “It’s a warm day. It’s much colder than that in our house. And we’ve got a new leak in the roof.” “Whereabouts is the leak?” I say. “It’s in a new place,” […]
Good things: 1. Seb is here. 2. We weren’t late to meet his friends for lunch. 3. They seemed to like me. 4. Conversation flowed. 5. Have clean sheets (thank you Mum)! 6. Have just achieved afternoon sleep. 7. Maybe Seb has made some supper. 8. Even if he hasn’t, there are vegetables. 9. Have […]
“Since I’ve come here to the seaside, I’d like to walk down to the beach now please,” I say to Seb. We’ve ventured outside in the wind and rain. It’s not so cold today and although the sky is grey, the rain is lighter than it was yesterday. “OK then,” Seb says, opening the huge […]
Sitting in a cafe with Seb, consuming porridge and coffee. Seb is reading The Times. After a quick romp through Times 2, decide that writing a blog is a better use of my limited mental energy. At 12.30pm – in thirty minutes – we are going to get my ears pierced. Let’s hope that […]
April A to Z Asparagus, artichokes, avocado. So many lovely spring vegetables. Apple blossom. Broccoli – purple sprouting. Birds. Cuddles with the fluffy monster, as he sheds orange fluff everywhere. He is losing his winter coat. Ceanothus flowering everywhere. Photo attached. Cherry blossom. Death of winter, let us hope. Excitement about summer. Fat. Must do […]
Last trip to the hotel gym, unless squeeze one more in after breakfast. It’s deserted: just me on the bike. The instructor is somewhere around. Gazing out of the window at a sky filled with billowing grey clouds. Doesn’t bode well for today’s weather. There’s the concrete behemoth of the Hilton, framed by palm […]
Rain falls out of a dull, grey, featureless sky. Autumn has arrived. For the first time in months, I’m wearing trousers and proper shoes rather than a sundress and fit-flops. My black-and-silver-star-hologram toes are covered up. My mood is dropping. In an attempt to foil it, I’ve raised the dose of my anti-depressant. Theoretically, increasing […]
Scars, Tears and Training Bras 