Somewhat like their mother, my girls use any new word or scrap of information in their conversation or writing within 24 hours (this is Roy's observation!). Dinner yesterday was punctuated by calls, "Mum and Dad, chastise Zoe!" "Mum and … [Continue reading]
Hiding the Evidence of a Crime!
I finally got fed up of waiting for Roy to do it and painted two rooms myself, in an amateurish way, staining my clothes, spilling paint, very uneven! But it was so satisfying. I was insufferably pleased with myself. Roy said, "Well, if THAT'S … [Continue reading]
In Which Teenager’s Rooms are Like Rooms of Requirement
Zoe says Irene's room is like the Room of Requirement in Harry Potter. Whatever we needed and missed is to be found there--under her bed!! It can be like the Chamber of Horrors in Harry Potter, I say. And since we have a three day Bank Holiday … [Continue reading]
Jake, my Collie Dog
Lovely run today with my collie Jake bounding beside me, his tail wagging with joy. We have much to learn from dogs: joy, love, forgiveness, living in the present, revelling in movement. I love seeing dogs leap & fly over the fields … [Continue reading]
Life is short & we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those we love
"Oh, do not let us wait to be just or pitiful or demonstrative toward those we love until they or we are struck down by illness or threatened with death! Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are … [Continue reading]
I didn’t marry you for cleverer or stupider.
I (successfully) tried to get the lean, muscular Roy to go to the gym with me. Exasperated, he said, "Anita, I married you for better or for worse, richer or poorer. I did not say "for stupider or cleverer." Irene listened with furrowed … [Continue reading]
Prayer Revises the Plot
Revising the plot! When our lives seems to have run into the desert sands of barrenness, and we wonder if we've lost our way, constant prayer can bring a surprising plot reversal--beauty from ashes, streams in the desert--rescuing one from … [Continue reading]
Irene’s antics
That hilarious little Irene sometimes follows Roy and me around with her laptop, recording our conversations, then playing them back to us. "Could some gift the giftie give us/ To hear ourselves as others hear us!" … [Continue reading]
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