On balance

07Jul09

Many things in this life seem to exist purely to fill people with horror and dread: disease, natural disasters, bad hair days… Spiders and thunderstorms I’m learning to cope with – stop sniggering at the back – but there is one little thing that never fails to send shivers down my spine and my stomach [...]

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Going one better

23Jun09

So I was just minding my own business, going through the usual morning routine: kettle on, chickens out, bunnies fed, picking through the weeds to get Pie his leafy breakfast. And there it was, staring me in the face – one little 4-leaf clover. I have to admit, Pie probably wasn’t very impressed that I [...]

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