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Lady in Waiting
My dog, waiting. If only all men were as pleased to see me as my dog. I came home earlier and there he was. In the window. With his waggly tail. And one of my daughter’s toys in his mouth,...
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A slippery little customer
English: Comfort in Grief (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Grief, eh? Slippery little customer. It won’t be defined, no matter how you hard you try to pin it down. Yesterday I was handed a bejewelled box and...
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It’s better than drinking alone
English: KitKat chunky. Français : Barre de KitKat. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) OK so starter for ten: The following lyric is from which song? ‘They’re sharing a drink they call loneliness / But it’s...
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The Cynical Imp
A stainless steel frying pan. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) You know on Tom and Jerry, when Tom gets hit by a frying pan and there’s that ‘doiing-ng-ng!’ sound, followed by Tom’s teeth dropping out one by...
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The Duchess of Hazard
I am the Fun Police. At least as far as my daughter goes. She wants to take her scooter down a slight incline and I’m there, sucking my teeth on the sidelines, hardly daring to look. She wants to do...
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Him and her
This is Him, and her. Hello. I’m having a glass of Rioja at the end of one of those ‘Oh sweet Satan’s ball-sack, I’m a TERRIBLE mother’ days. Will you join me? I have had the emotional resilience of...
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ROFL?
ROFL!!!! (credit: imgur.com) I was in London for a few days earlier this week and, as always, being away from the Motherland made me antsy. Mainly because of The Big Buildings and All The People, but...
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Following behind with a defibrillator
The auburn curls. Everyone believes their spouse to be exceptional; as a lover, perhaps, or a parent. Or a bore. My husband was exceptional in many ways, right down to the exceptional nature of the...
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Sphincter-clenching transgressions of youth
Eee, hiya Rodney! Up to now, the only ‘flashbacks’ I have experienced have been mainly based on the sphincter-clenching transgressions of youth; you know, being ushered off stage at a gig in the...
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It’s A Small (Small, Small, Small) World
My daughter and I have recently returned to the homeland after a trip to Eurodisney. She, light of spirit. Me, light of wallet. And of weight, given the amount of time I spent on various squatters,...
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