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In Which Zoe Believes Money-Dollars Grows on Trees

Anita Mathias — Mon, 10 May 2010 07:41:00 +0000

Our toddler Zoe occasionally heard us talk about money when we lived in America. She would prick up her ears, and say, “Money? Money-dollars? You want money? Here take!” and give us a handful of imaginary dollar bills. We’d laugh. But there was a truth to it. It would be just as easy for God […]

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In Which Zoe Says Her Favourite Place in the Whole World is Her Own Home

Anita Mathias — Sat, 08 May 2010 14:02:00 +0000

Zoe and I go to conversation classes at the Alliance Francaise once a week. We were asked to describe our favourite place in the world. Everyone else said places like Switzerland, New Zealand, Venice, Costa Rica. Zoe said, “Mon Maison. I love my house. I love my new conservatory. I love my garden. I love […]

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In which Zoe gives Irene a shirt declaring “I am always right,” and Irene almost believes it

Anita Mathias — Fri, 07 May 2010 06:56:00 +0000

Irene uses her beloved Ipod touch to email people, listen to countless books on tape, play scrabble and boggle, and get a word a day sent to her, which she memorizes. She announced today that she is now officially cleverer than me because I didn’t know 5 of these obscure words! And because her birthday […]

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Like is like Chess. As long as you have your King, you haven’t yet lost.

Anita Mathias — Wed, 05 May 2010 07:52:00 +0000

It’s like Chess. If you lose everything and have your King, you haven’t lost. But if you have everything, but lose your King, you have lost. Zoe Mathias, aged 8

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In Which Zoe Defines a Visionary

Anita Mathias — Tue, 04 May 2010 20:28:00 +0000

A friend called me “a visionary.” I was rather pleased. Zoe, “But Jesus wasn’t a visionary.” Me, “He was all that is good.” Zoe, “No, he wasn’t a visionary. He just figured out what God wanted and did it. He let God be the visionary.” And stormed off to bed before I could come up […]

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Zoe’s very long walk!

Anita Mathias — Mon, 03 May 2010 20:31:00 +0000

A very tired and bedraggled Zoe has returned from a 48 km. hike with her friends in the Forest of Dean. Well, it was meant to 48 km, but longer as they got lost. The Duke of Edinburgh expedition! At times, all 7 of them, 15 year old girls, sat in a circle and cried […]

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Hiding the Evidence of a Crime!

Anita Mathias — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 20:50:00 +0000

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 painting, why do people charge so much for it?” But there’s no one […]

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Family Dinner, Chez Mathias

Anita Mathias — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:05:00 +0000

We made a duck roast. Even as Roy was carving it, we were picking up delectable tidbits. Irene, “Don’t gallop the roast.” I,” Do you mean gobble?” Irene, “No, I mean gallop”. Zoe, who’s doing GCSE history coursework says, “In Germany, at the time of Hitler, if you didn’t like what was happening, you didn’t […]

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