I’m really glad it rained today. No I am, really glad. That’s because I have reached an age where I’m grateful that the garden gets a good soak. The new shrubs I planted are nicely settled in with rain. I’m officially middle aged. Tilly and I got soaked coming out of the cinema, I smiled [...]
Being the youngest child means your mother never writes with such naive wonder about your ‘firsts’ as she did for your big sister. It means your tantrums are never taken quite as seriously as they might if you were first off the blocks. It means you inherit a beaten up scooter and you find pleasure [...]
