72. Ode to the beach

72. Ode to the beach

I bloody love the beach, I do. I love the way the wind troubles my hair. (A too-short bob in summer is a bad choice, what I wouldn’t give for a ponytail!) The constant watering of my left eye. Those little pimples I get after days of sweating under factor 50 sun...
70. Gardening and the art of compromise

70. Gardening and the art of compromise

Last year was our first summer growing veg; our first summer with a garden of our own. It’s brilliant when you eat your first home-grown courgette (not so much when eating your two-hundredth home-grown courgette). But, man, gardening is a lot of hard work. Weeds are...
69. Three good things

69. Three good things

Some things that have made me happy lately… Wardrobes. For 18 months I’ve been sharing one of those cheap clothes racks with Rob (you know, the things that very organised people take to car boot sales to hang their wares on). Some time ago we gave up putting...
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