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God works in mysterious ways.
First, He (or She) starts getting you used to the idea by turning down the sunshine. Turning it off, pretty much. Then adds lots of rain, so that you want to huddle indoors and wear actual cozy sweaters, some of which you have to go out and buy (yay!). Then He adds wind, and socks. [...]
How I Spent My Summer Vacation
I’m 53 now but I persist in thinking of the year in terms of the school calendar. My year begins in September, when I have an urge to go out and buy new shoes and tights and pencils, and put brown paper covers on all my books. So even though I’m supposed to be finishing [...]
Reality bites
It’s been almost three weeks of holiday — and when you’re a writer with a 12-year-old, you get to take off school holidays too. Amsterdam was lovely as ever; the hotel, courtesy of lastminute.com, far more gorgeous and starry than I would ever normally have been able to afford; and my Dutch publisher (the wonderful [...]
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