Category Archives: Prawn on the outside
Rebuked
Dot writes: this morning Hugh slept in until 7.30. This is rather later than his usual time, but I suppose he had a particularly strenuous afternoon of hanging about and watching telly yesterday. Anyway, Frank was up and bouncing well … Continue reading
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The script
Dot writes: Hugh enjoys having conversations with us, and he likes to tell us what to say. He doesn’t make our parts too demanding. Hugh: Mummy, we’re on the Titanic and it’s about to crash and there’s a big iceberg. … Continue reading
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The downside of daily posting
…is that some days I can’t think of anything to say except the gloomy grouchy stuff (writes Dot). And things are getting to us a bit at the moment. In particular they are getting to Ken, and they are getting … Continue reading
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Sketches of Hugh
Dot writes: Hugh is now old enough to be snared by adverts, and his most-requested and favourite birthday present was a game called Shark Chase which he had seen repeatedly touted on the telly. However, he is still young enough … Continue reading
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Pumpkins
Dot writes: it’s in one of the Swallows and Amazons books – Picts and Martyrs, I think – that Nancy gets mumps and the illustration tactfully shows a sort of big round blob instead of her unfortunate face. Poor Hugh … Continue reading
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Presentation
Dot writes: there are still a few things I try to do the way the Baby Whisperer told me to, and one of them is Fighting the Whinge. “Muuuuum, I want miiiiiiilk!” “How do you ask nicely?” “Pleeeeeeeease!” “Can you … Continue reading
Escape
Dot writes: on Friday I was talking to a former colleague from St Andrews, who had come over to Dublin for a workshop, and found myself oddly thrown by his conventional inquiry whether we got out into the countryside much? … Continue reading
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Bits and pieces
Dot writes: driving the children to Fun Fitness this morning, I passed a big sign that said “Ever drink? Never drive!” And I thought: right, so licenses from now on will only be issued to teetotallers. I wish they’d think … Continue reading
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Cars are fast
Dot writes: Hugh was very cross with me this evening. You see, I’d gone shopping and had too much to carry to fit in the basket of my bike; so I came all the way home on the train, dropped … Continue reading
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