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Day Five
It is day five of the summer holidays and here is the tally thus far: I have cried once in holiday anticipatory fear (though if I am honest, the tears were aided by a little too much summertime prosecco) I lost … Continue reading
Showtime, Synergy
In a week, how everything changes. I had started to write something about the silver linings of Brexit, but then I lost my job and now I think any silver linings are massively overrated. I had a plan to point … Continue reading
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Tagged Aunty Helen, Brexit, broken hand, Commonwealth, Eid, Jem and the Holograms, Madness, Michael Gove, Natural History Museum, Roxy Music
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Mood Indigo
So, what’s it like to live in London while the political, economic and cultural system implodes around you, I hear you ask? It is utterly draining and sad, is what it is. All the big stuff with Westminster and sick-looking … Continue reading
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Invisible, yet developing whiskers
So, remember how I went to Claire’s Accessories a few weeks ago, all rebellious and edgy-like, and how I let the cool bored teenager wielding a piercing gun do this to my upper ear: -who then, after taking payment, only let … Continue reading
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Cartilage
Well, hello! Here I am, at 38 and a good half, face dropping and furring around the edges, able to walk into a room and have not one straight man notice me, even the lonely-looking ones, and it is all … Continue reading
Morning pain
On Wednesdays, I get up, have a shower, get half-dressed into some hopefully-but-probably-not matching underwear and a glamorous robe from the sale at Coco de Mer in order to keep my work clothes free of egg, butter, and cereal smears. … Continue reading
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Tagged Beany Green, judging, Marks & Spencer, no shoes, Paddington, parenting, Pret
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RIP everyone
Remember last post when I was talking about theoretically being a conspiracy theorist? And how obviously I am not, but if I was…yada, yada, so much yaddering. Well, there is more on that, because of course that tiny beautiful Prince … Continue reading
Camping & the youth
If I was a conspiracy theorist, I would be a) even more boring than I am now, obviously; and b) would suspect some sort of insidious, crafty, brazen Youth Army was taking over the world. There are various factors which … Continue reading
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Tagged Carhartt, Cub Scout patches, sewing, Tenby, Uber, Youth Army
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Easter, etc
Want to see some Easter craft? Ok then. Below you shall find the boys making tiny hot cross buns from Nigella’s recipe, but doubled, because I thought that everyone would love them because they would be fragrant and soft and … Continue reading
Old Napoli
Ok, so, last weekend we went to Naples in search of Elena Ferrante for REALS! Though she wasn’t immediately obvious, because she is anonymous and mysterious and so we went looking for the characters in her book (you know, the … Continue reading
The Harridan 