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I give up, for now 29 Mar 2013 | 01:33 am
I hate doing a bad job of things, and I am doing a bad job of keeping up this blog. I am going to put it on hold, officially, until September next year. In September next year, Ossie will start schoo...
Clandestine Fluctuations 10 Feb 2013 | 01:21 pm
FOUR WEEKS AGO "I must put another post up. Only 0.1% of people thought the last one funny. I hate it when I leave a post up that hardly anyone gets." [For the record, though, there is a special pla...
Lalaloopsy Pampas Grass Playset 4 Jan 2013 | 10:03 pm
Esme: And this girl is going in the up-and-down basket. Here I come! I am climbing up into the trees ready for our picnic. Wait for me! Me: Hey, there's a sandwich in this swing. Ian: Who doesn't lo...
Obviously 3 Jan 2013 | 06:14 am
This morning, under a jolly new-year grey sky, Esme and I were in the back garden. We had muddy boots, vinegar, deep orange Indian powdered dye, a shovel, some baking soda, an empty bottle, and a bear...
Frosty Afternoon 1 Jan 2013 | 05:04 am
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -- I took the one everyone else had obviously travelled by, and it was grim, like fighting for custody of your boots with eight inches of up-ended, ravenous, Glas...
South London Corner Shop Conversation, 24 October 2012 17 Dec 2012 | 04:02 pm
Esme: It is four days until my birthday! Cashier: Oh, that is nice. Do you have any plans? Esme: I have one for my breakfast. Cashier: That is good. You know, you should keep it, until you are grown u...
Progress of Sorts 15 Dec 2012 | 03:31 am
Here is a photo I took today at the end of Esme's school Christmas show. It is Ian holding a plush toy roast turkey. 1. No, he wasn't the grand finale. 2. Who thought that the world needed plush roa...
Freezing Saddles 14 Dec 2012 | 02:00 pm
Battersea Power Station, Thursday morning, -3°C. WOO HOO it's been fresh out there this week. I love it. If I keep pouring boiling water on it, I should be able to get off my bicycle by Christmas.
The Littlest Humbug 14 Dec 2012 | 03:20 am
Thank you Internet! I feel normal. And I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels an insane pressure to over-tidy for over-tidy people. I am not going to do it any more. All those hours wasted neatening ...
Les biscuits sont à côté de la meuleuse d'angle 10 Dec 2012 | 02:39 pm
I have a question I've wanted to ask the Internet for ages. It's about housework, so if you were hoping for something existential or spicy, let me save you several minutes' reading-time. It is not tha...
