Children

Empty nest

I admit it, I occasionally shout at the radio when driving. It could be a news item, someone waxing lyrical about something or other, or even a bad piece of music.But only once have I ever screamed aloud at the speaker, stamped my fists on the steering wheel, and wanted to pull over and callContinue reading “Empty nest”

The Zoo

“Happy birthday to you, you were born in the Zoo, with the monkeys and the donkeys and the big kangaroo!” sang my brother Michael and his friend Tom, running into the kitchen. I sat on a stair. Mummy said I was born in a hospital. But a Zoo sounded much more exciting. “Hello Katy,” saidContinue reading “The Zoo”

A ferry big adventure

“We have to go on the ferry,” Mum said, as she put sticky tape on the present she was wrapping in horrible pink paper with silly booties all over it. Now this made Sunday’s trip sounded more promising. “A real ferry?” I asked suspiciously. “Of course it’s a real ferry,” Mum laughed, attaching a bigContinue reading “A ferry big adventure”