9th Dec – My son told me he hides in car boots to get into places…\u00a0 He reminded me that my grandfather was a stowaway on a ship going to the First World War.<\/p>\n
10th Dec – To sell their house, our neighbours got rid of their chickens, and now a small tree grows where they used to run.\u00a0 Something on a branch hanging on my side of the fence caught my eye – cherries!<\/p>\n
11th Dec – Read two articles by professional translators, one grumbling about dogs and their owners, another who can’t work without his dog beside him.<\/p>\n
12th Dec – Walked into a friend’s study and was confronted by a dress hanging beside the door, a 1920s apricot lace dress with a satin hip sash and bow that she’d bought in a 2nd-hand shop.\u00a0 While we sat talking, the handle of the door turned, the door opened a fraction and closed again, the handle turned back.\u00a0 She assured me it was air movement and that it wasn’t the woman coming to claim her dress.<\/p>\n
13th Dec – Put on a lip balm called Baby Lips;\u00a0 my lips swelled outside and in, like an allergic reaction. I think that was the cosmetic plan, to puff them up like a baby’s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
9th Dec – My son told me he hides in car boots to get into places…\u00a0 He reminded me that my grandfather was a stowaway on a ship going to the First World War. 10th Dec – To sell their house, our neighbours got rid of their chickens, and now a small tree grows where … <\/p>\n