Crystalline
Today the family descended on us again, but this time in joint celebration of the grandsons’ birthdays – the Boy Wonder having achieved the grand old age of 5 a few days ago, and the Baby Brother turning 2 in … Continued
Close of play
At some point in the night – don’t ask me how – I turned over in bed so I was lying face-down, slept soundly for a couple of hours, and then woke in agony, virtually unable to move. This didn’t … Continued
Team effort
On the morning of my concert back in early December R and I both had errands to run in Stratford, and when we met up for coffee I told him that I’d just spotted a gingerbread house kit in Lakeland, … Continued
Get-together
A jazz musician, a retired BBC producer, and a former management consultant went into a restaurant with a woman who takes photos and writes nonsense on the internet, and a thoroughly enjoyable afternoon was had by all of them. Family … Continued
Little and Large
Ever since their last meeting Grandson Two has been mildly obsessed with his uncle, demanding to view H’s Instagram reels on endless repeat in a way that must have driven the Cardiff crew mildly demented. Yesterday morning he was told … Continued
Normal service
We only had a short time with the Boy Wonder this morning before his mother arrived to collect him, and as we knew that his two-hour car journey was going to lead straight into the sugarfest of an organised Halloween … Continued
Raising steam
“Today,” I said, “we are going on a steam train.” “Are we?” said the Boy Wonder, wide-eyed. “Yes, we are,” I replied firmly – crossing my fingers that the idea would land well, and that R and I would be … Continued