My daughter has been having relationship problems recently culminating in a painful breakup which isn’t quite a breakup. “I think he’s afraid of getting hurt somewhere down the line, so he’s trying to minimise it by breaking up now” she says. I’ve heard many similar excuses for bewildering behaviour in the name of progress but […]
How To Take Up Space
I’m in London to have my eye checked and early for my appointment deliberately so that I have time to take the walk along the Thames between Embankment and Borough Market, buy coffee and cheese, then walk back along the river to Westminster. It’s half term and there are countless parents pointing out landmarks to […]
How To Do What You Don’t Want To Do
When I was a kid I was, for a time, a member of the Young Ornithologists Club, essentially a birdwatching society for children who got bullied in the playground. Recalling it during a conversation with my sister I tell her, “I used to go to meetings run by a woman called Mrs. Bird (true) on […]
How To Be Understood
When I’m out with my sister walking the dogs our conversation invariably turns to childhood. This week, for reasons I can’t recall, we were talking about desserts. “I don’t remember mum making many desserts,” I said. “Apart from the chocolate sponge with chocolate sauce.” My sister was incredulous and proceeded to spend the majority of […]
How To Know What Is Yours
I’m driving my daughter to Canterbury for her first Fresher’s event. She’s doing her makeup in the passenger seat and I’m wondering why I agreed to collect her again later when the club ends, at 2 am tomorrow morning. “How are you feeling?” I ask “I’m fine. I’m a bit..” “Trepidatious?” I offer. She grunts […]
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