Category: Wonderings
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Joyful Things
There are things full of joy. They are useful to keep a note of, for when it’s not OK. Possessing a tailcoat Having a job that is writing And still wanting to write all the time Night walks A summer full of music One’s own domain names Spiked leather garters as everyday wear A trip…
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Books Five and Six
Between the Assassinations by Aravind Adiga, which was OK. And The Girl in the Mirror by Cecelia Ahern, which was decidedly not. I knew when I picked up a bloody Cecelia Ahern that it would be pants. But this was not just pants – it was short story pants, with a bit of ‘magic’ chucked…
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How a Sexist Office Party Saved Lives
The first drink driving awareness advert was broadcast in the 60s – a time when alcohol was seen as just the thing to calm your nerves before speeding home to your pinnied little wifey – and focused on men having to drive silly girls from the typing pool home after the office Christmas party. Things…
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The Good Boys
The boys I have loved. Even the worst of them made me hot water bottles in the night, brought improvised snacks into bed. They sorted out, they picked up, they dropped off. They indulged flights of drama and dried tears. They went after lost purses and rolled a thousand cigarettes. They wrote letters, drew pictures,…
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