The Traveller

My friend Norma has just found herself on YouTube, in a short film called “The Traveller” by David Hill for BBC2 10×10 series from 1993. Norma plays the protagonist.

September 25, 2007
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The Doctor’s

This morning my friend Helen went to the doctor’s. Seeing as it was the first time since her move from London, I went to, to translate her medical history. They measured her height and weight. Now Helen is a very tall girl, and standing on the scales made her even taller. The nurse is tiny. She was actually jumping up and down trying to get the bar horizontal across the…

September 21, 2007
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Airports

I’ve been editing a story in which my protagonists have to dash for a plane. There’s a lot more to the story than that, but maybe that’s why I spent most of the night dreaming I was dashing round a large airport, missing planes after plane. In any case, I woke up tired.

September 17, 2007
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Happy birthday!

September 2, 2007

Yesterday we held my son’s birthday party. It’s a bad time of year to get hold of school friends, and he’s not all that popular (and neither was I, or most of my friends come to that) so in the past we’ve had very small parties but had fun anyway. This year we went to the local swimming pool with 6 kids. I took charge of the girls in the…

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This week disappeared fast. I took my son to the dentist, and he needs to wear his brace a lot more. So I’ve spent a lot of time standing over him, nagging. We also went to the optician, which was very fast, but he needed new glasses. Apart from that I’ve just got on with assorted projects and housework. Boring week, boring post. But the next one should be better…

August 31, 2007
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