3BT – bright, underage pub goers, salty slices

I’ve been neglecting my beautiful things of late. Naughty louisa, naughty. 1. Even though I wake up earlier than normal, I feel thoroughly refreshed and ready for the day. The sun shines brightly into the room. 2. The bar is overrun with babies. There are six downstairs (in three separate parties) and upstairs in the [...]

3BT – wide awake, sleepy, somewhere else for a moment

1. Despite promises that he’d go to sleep if I walked around the block, Joe wide-eyed stares with a concerned look on his face, wondering why he’s being pushed around by a strange fuzzy lady. Then, about ten minutes in, he realises I’m cool and is all smiles for the rest of the walk. When [...]

3BT – pate, cats, plunk-plink!, delights

1. The toast is evenly brown and perfectly crisp. The pate is strongly flavoured but delicious, and stirs in me the desire to make my own. I add it onto my “things to make” list. 2. Throughout the day, all the cats visit me at my desk. They sit on my knee between my body [...]

3BT – clean, smile, sprouting

1. I wonder if I’d get such joy from a clean kitchen if it was so neat and shiny all the time or whether it’s the novelty of the situation that excites me so much. 2. Katherine visits for a cup of tea and Joe shows off his smile. It’s now available on demand and [...]

3BT – balance, beer and books

1. As I wait for the bus to Bingley, I spy a crow perched in a tree near the bus stop. It’s too heavy for the tiny, spindly branches but it finds balance anyway. 2. After class, Katherine picks me up from Shipley and we go out to dinner at Coopers in Guiseley. At the [...]