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Acceptance, Change, Growth, Life, Pandemic2 Comments

The Bad-tempered Cleaning Company

03/09/2020 20angel13

Many of us have an activity or two in life that transforms us. We change from generally likeable, easy-going types in cardigans, into red eyed gremlins, waving pitchforks. For some, it’s the supermarket shop, for others, driving (I know a … Continue reading The Bad-tempered Cleaning Company

Change, Uncategorized4 Comments

The Colour of Snow

03/03/201809/03/2018 20angel13

“What colour is snow?” The child had topaz coloured eyes and dimpled cheeks like punched dough. “Well,” I looked down at him, puzzled, wondering if the cold had turned his head. Building snowmen on the field with thirty nine and … Continue reading The Colour of Snow

Uncategorized4 Comments

Waiting for Dad

19/06/2016 20angel13

The old man leans on the gate at the edge of the park. It is heavier than he remembers but then so are most things. Like his own stomach and the bag of weekly shopping. He sighs. If only he … Continue reading Waiting for Dad

Beauty2 Comments

The eye (and ear) of the beholder

14/05/2016 20angel13

“…If you listen carefully, the earth is singing.” I swung round sharply. The two girls nearly crashed into me, their hands cradling petri-dishes filled with wood lice, ants and  a fat snail with a shell crisis. I had one of … Continue reading The eye (and ear) of the beholder

Rest11 Comments

Sleep mode

31/01/2016 20angel13

Sleep mode – the pc stays on but uses low power. Apps stay open so when the pc wakes up, you’re instantly back to where you left off. When I was younger, I could sleep anywhere. I’ve spent nights on … Continue reading Sleep mode

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One Moment One Christmas

06/12/2015 20angel13

It feels like it happened yesterday. Though in fact it’s fifty Christmases since we were in our little house by the sea. Funny how the intense impressions of youth are saved forever on your hard-drive, whereas why you came to … Continue reading One Moment One Christmas

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Prayer, Advent and Latin Verbs

27/11/2015 20angel13

Call me sad but I loved Latin verbs. At an all-girls school, stuffed with hormones and self-obsession (I levelled out but have recently declined again – for obvious reasons), Latin verbs were immensely comforting. Like the shipping forecast , there … Continue reading Prayer, Advent and Latin Verbs

Ageing, Hope, Life14 Comments

How to Age and the Joy of Nasal Flushing

18/01/2015 20angel13

I’m trying to decide how to age. Not on the outside – I have little choice about that and am coming to terms with veiny hands and neck wrinkles like the skin of a T Rex – but on the … Continue reading How to Age and the Joy of Nasal Flushing

Hope, Life4 Comments

Waiting for Grandad

19/04/201419/06/2016 20angel13

The old man leans on the gate at the edge of the park. It is heavier than he remembers but then so are most things. Like his own stomach and the bag of weekly shopping. He sighs. If only he … Continue reading Waiting for Grandad

Life6 Comments

Moles and Glimpses of Things

24/01/2014 20angel13

What do you do on a thin day in winter when you’re not at work, your To Do List is vile and the air outside beckons with cut glass finger? You go out of course, with your husband or your … Continue reading Moles and Glimpses of Things

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