Friday 19 June 2020
Number of days since I started this blog: 94 Things have been a bit strange since I blogged yesterday. It started with the moths. I’ve been noticing them for a few weeks, now I come to think of it. Tiny little ghostly grey creatures that appear in ones and twos during the day and then…
Thursday 18 June 2020
Number of days since I started this blog: 93 Another sleepless night. Poor Mog, she tried to send me to sleep with her soothing purrs but her furry presence on the bed just made me hot. And it doesn’t help to read what friends have been doing on Facebook. Not to mention the creative writing…
Wednesday 17 June 2020
Number of days since I started this blog: 92 Number of times I’ve decided to choose Brian as my social bubble partner: 26 Number of times I’ve realised I have a responsibility to be in a bubble with Toby, Marnie and most of all Kezia: 27 Number of times I’ve thought about Mum and how…
Tuesday 16 June 2020
Number of days since I started this blog: 91 Number of weird things that have happened during this time: where do I start? After my rather long blog yesterday when I told you how Lydia and I persuaded Mum to tell us about her childhood and the other Ruth, Sadie and Lydia, I promised to…
Monday 15 June 2020
Number of days since I started this blog: 90 Number of times I have felt like deleting the whole lot: at least 90 Number of times I have been glad I haven’t: at least a few I have said this before, but lockdown and what comes after lockdown brings out the best and the absolute…
Thursday 11 June 2020
Number of days since I started this blog: 86 Number of days since Dad died: 14 Tomorrow is Dad’s funeral. There will be eight of us – me, Lydia, Toby, Marnie, Charlotte, Emma and Freddie (Lydia’s two). And Mum. It has been a bit touch and go but she has finally decided that she will…
Wednesday 10 June 2020
Number of days since I started this blog: 85 Number of times I’ve tried to think of something funny to say: Many. But sadly without success. We live in the strangest of times. There are people going to work risking their lives to help others on a daily basis. Obviously I’m thinking about doctors, nurses,…
Friday 12 June 2020
Number of days since I started this blog: 87 Number of hours since Dad’s funeral: 4 Number of glasses of wine I have drunk since coming home: more than 4. I think. When someone who is quite old dies, their funeral should contain an element of celebration, shouldn’t it? A chance to be sad about…
Tuesday 9 June 2020
Number of days since I started this blog: 84 Number of times I’ve cried since the weekend: 8 Number of cigarettes: 9. Very bad. I just can’t stop thinking of those little girls in that photo I found in Mum’s bedside drawer at the weekend. And how she named us after them but never told…
Monday 8 June 2020
Number of days since I started this blog: 83. Number of days since I lost my literary agent: 2 I think I mentioned I had a planned Zoom call with Ericka on Saturday. Suffice to say it didn’t go well She doesn’t like what she calls the new plot twist with Mum. She says it…
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