February 21, 2021
I’m making Cornetti, grating orange zest, and adding it to the dough. While I do so the children are arguing about which way up the forks and knives have to go in the dishwasher cutlery basket. My daughter says that the only reason she doesn’t load the dishwasher is that my son complains that she […]
Read More
February 7, 2021
Making a shopping list I’m planning pizza night at home in an attempt to try and make life a little less mundane for the adult children who I imagine are having a tougher time dealing with lockdown than I am, someone who makes Howard Hughes appear outgoing. ME. “Alexa, add nduja to the shopping list.” […]
Read More
January 31, 2021
I’m telling a client that trying to breathe deeply while he’s having a panic attack is a bad idea because one of panicking’s best features is the ability to convince you that you cannot breathe. I tell him, “Just try reminding yourself that even though you’re sure you’re about to have a heart attack and […]
Read More
January 24, 2021
Coming in from sweeping the leaves and musing on one of the few benefits of lockdown, a distinct decline in takeaway wrappers tossed over the front wall, I say, to nobody in particular, “Why do so many houses along here still have their Christmas lights up?” My daughter is hunched over her laptop systematically changing […]
Read More
January 17, 2021
We’re watching “Inside Out”, a Pixar animation about Riley, a young girl, and her unsettled emotions after a family move from her beloved Minnesota home to a new life in San Francisco. It sounds suspiciously like a busman’s holiday and I’m not at all sure I’m going to get anything from it. Before it begins […]
Read More