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AUTUMN 2018 The reverse side of the card sports her little brother’s wishes: “1. a food bol.” For a moment my eyes widen. A food bowl! How unusual! Do we not feed him properly? Then the penny drops: it’s a football! Second, “a toy car for too real people“. Last but not least, “a horse“,…
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AUTUMN 2015 A spell of home refurbishments means that we have temporarily escaped the commotion and moved kit and caboodle into a neighbouring ground floor flat. Two cats used to live here, but much to Little E’s dismay, they took their cat flap with them when they moved out. For a couple of weeks now…
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