3BT – five beautiful things before lunchtime
1. When I finally wake up, she’s stretched out next to me, fully stretched out with her stumpy chicken legs pushed out behind her. I ask her if she wants to get up – it’s late and she must need a wee – but she buries her nose back under the duvet. Hearing my voice, [...]
3BT – on the road, on the pavement, two day week
1. The trees met high above the road and we’re grateful for their shade. We come across two men, topless, sunbathing on the roadside during their lunchbreak. Around them, there are ropes and tools, and we realise they’re the source of the occasional chainsaw noise we’d been hearing throughout the day. 2. When we fed [...]
3BT – cereal, flowers, culinary freestyling
1. The doorbell rings and the delivery man is holding a large box: John had ordered 12 boxes of my favourite cereal to arrive just as I was running out. 2. Our neighbours return from their holiday and bring us wine & flowers to thank us for keeping an eye on their house while they [...]
3BT – I saw it too, turn on/turn off, ice crystals
1. A squirrel appears on the fence just a foot away from Boron. He stares at it without moving and it stares back for a moment before escaping into the tree. Boron turns around to look at me – his eyes are shining with excitement and we share a blink. 2. I hear music and [...]
3BT – white world, worry, tell-tale signs
1. We wake up to a world even whiter than before. Even the tiniest branches are covered with inches of snow. It looks so cold but under our giant duvet together, we’re blissfully warm. 2. I’ve been worrying about the old house for a couple of days – we hadn’t been back to check on [...]
3BT – my dream guy, rocking out, feeding, the future
1. I wake up and tell John that I had a dream I was being wooed by another man. He was a very pretty Italian boy who worked as a waiter and repeatedly brought me great pizza. John understands why it would be hard to resist that and we decide that I should allow the [...]
3BT – neighbourly, 7 people laughing, holiday grease
1. John catches one of our lovely neighbours putting out our recycling bins – after being away, we’d forgotten what day it was but our neighbour didn’t want us to miss out on the monthly collections. 2. A day in the office, the first full team meeting since P started a fortnight ago; a day [...]
