The Froth

The sweetest thing

9. February 2006

Today must have been my lucky day. I got to tell the teacher off and get some lovely packages in the post. So in alphabetical order (oh I love this, I never thought I would have to use alphabetical order to count my presents). Cathy sent me a Canadian themed package. Canadian music, this The World [...]

My Detergent

7. February 2006

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Scientific Fact: At least I managed to dig out the little evil man who shuts down my computer He didn’t come. The computer saviour. He said he might come tonight. But it’s snowing and I doubt it. Because when snow happens, nothing else does. So I wrote the article on spring cleaning without toxic [...]

There is a Kingdom

5. February 2006

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Bad weather is coming again. It was in the news all day today. They are trying to scare us into believing Bad Weather is some evil monster coming in the city to snatch innocent children from their warm beds. There was a thunderstorm tonight. It was lovely. Light and sound. I’m going to bed with books and [...]

For Superman

19. January 2006

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I’m talking. This is for Steve, my hilarious, honest, caring, kind friend. He thinks I’m not talking to him, but that’s only because he is silly. It’s an old song by Cole Porter. If you’re ever in a jam, here I am If you ever need a pal, I’m your gal If you ever feel so happy [...]

On chestnuts, Knights and Scottish music

6. January 2006

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My beautiful sister My friends came round to dinner last night. The attraction of the evening was supposed to be chestnuts roasting on an open fire, but these things never materialize. Apparently you need oceans of time to roast them in the fireplace and if you haven’t carved them a bit they explode and [...]

A cat is a cat by any other name

28. December 2005

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So my cat died this morning. We are going to find a little place for her in the park near my mum’s house. I don’t want this to be a miserable post. She was a truly proud creature. I dedicate this TS Eliot poem to her, a cat of many names indeed: The naming of cats is [...]

The people I became

6. December 2005

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This is a happy morning. Of the rare kind that happens when most things are right, usually by chance, but it doesn’t matter. I am writing and there’s Pride and Prejudice (the BBC series, haven’t got my hands on a pirate movie dvd yet) playing in the background, and I am eating toast and orange jam [...]