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The best worst
Spongy, warm crumpets melty with butter and honey. Watching as a troubled child takes OFG under his wing and helps him with his seatbelt in the school bus. The nurse tells OFG he will be taking a...
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Reading in bed
Playing a game of ‘happy families’ by the fire with TFG. Thick, chewy slices of sourdough bread. Laughing at the similarities between dog and boy. Both leap into the still, winter sun to riffle about...
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Porridge
“Here is something I’ve been working on while you slept.” The world seems to say as I pull up the blind. There is very little else that prepares you for a tough day like a bowl of creamy, sweet...
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Spring
The birds and I start battling over the veranda, me knocking down mud nest frames down with the broom and them building them up again. The rat and mouse tally starts up again as they try coming in to...
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Exploding cupcakes
There is no other way of putting it. The day is full of mini-disasters, little cupcake sized disasters. They are spaced far enough apart that I can see the blessings in them, hidden like fat sultanas...
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Life gasp
I trot across the rocky driveway dressed randomly in nightgown, dressing gown and sandals. Cradled in my hands I have a large bowl of crispy lettuce, parmesan, ham and our neighbour’s nashi – sliced...
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