Reblogged from dearlilyjune! Dear Lily June, If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a million times: I’ve put out a call to anyone (seriously! anyone!) who stumbles upon this blog to write you a letter for your upcoming first birthday on May 13. Below is the fourth of these I received, with my introduction … Continue reading Be Our Guest–In Which “Fancy” Makes Our Lives into Real World Fairy Tales — dearlilyjune
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A Moment
In this moment... Everyone is asleep. Except me. It is midday. Saturday. Chaos is not reigning. Outside rain pounds the pavement. Hailstones appear. The dogs are indoors. Asleep. Both babies dream. A poorly husband, rarely ill, gone upstairs to nap, is fast asleep. He will be cross I didn't wake him. It is rare he … Continue reading A Moment
The Fear
So this is it. The back to work countdown is slowly creaking its clanking, awkward way to a mind numbing close. Back on Monday. How do I feel? I know how I have felt. Super, I thought. Positive, I lied. Blissfully ignoring it, I now realise. Sad, I can confirm. At a bit of a loss, for definite. … Continue reading The Fear
House Guests and Babies: Can you have both?
We have just had house guests. Friends of old from England. They have been over many times. I hope they will be back many more. I have never worried about their visits before. I always made detailed plans for each day. The filmstar exhibition at Newbridge. Clonmacnoise. Lunches in little hideouts. Drinks in olde worlde … Continue reading House Guests and Babies: Can you have both?
Cliché me
Why are we so repelled by a cliché?
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