As the elderflower around The Mother-in-Law’s garden bloomed, so did Amy, one of The Lodgers living in the basement. Heavily pregnant with her first baby, Amy gracefully padded around the house like a lioness last week, as the onset of labour took hold and rested its caressing contractions across her belly. And as the tiny, […]
The Mother-in-Law has been away for sometime now. It’s strange to not hear the gentle rumble of her feet pitter-pattering in the bathroom above the kitchen, causing the chandelier to jingle-jangle like a gigantic sparkly wind chime. Some may regard this sort of illumination in the cook’s room as “naff chichi” (to quote an ex-Sister-in-Law) […]
Last week’s warm weekend, with its ingratiating mantra and promise of sunnier climes, tricked me into thinking spring had arrived. One minute I was making daisy chains in The Mother-in-Law’s garden with two nymphy children running naked circles around me; the next I’m impersonating a drowned rat towing two smaller drowned rats through gale-force winds […]
