What I Saw Through the Kitchen Window David, have you put away your clean shirts yet? I noticed two are still sitting in the pile after...
A Husband Is Urgently Needed Mum, you really need to find yourself a new husband. Really, really soon! Claire nearly dropped her mug of tea, spilling...
A Grand Entrance for Margaret Pennington “Mary! Thats not a stew! Its some odd sort of mess! Dear, youre a brilliant solicitorstick to your cases and...
Guardians Excuse me, madam! Please let me through! Someone jostled Helen from behind, and she stumbled forward, clinging to the handles of Olivers wheelchair so she...
Life Lessons for Julia Tom, I need to talk to you, Emily said, and you could tell she was anxious. She was fidgeting with her fingers,...
Exam Ive had enough! Thats it! If you dont stop getting on my case, I wont go at all! I wont sit the exam, wont even...
Porridge Instead of Truffles I was standing at the stove, watching as what Id spent two hours making began to curdle in the saucepan. The creamy...
It was just Elizabeths luck to go into labour during a blizzard. Her due date wasnt for another three weeks, plenty of time for the weather...
A New Chapter Harriet stood at the window of her tiny rented flat in London, staring out at the shimmering wet pavement below, where people strolled...
We’ll crash at yours for a while, we can’t afford to rent our own flat! said my friend. I’m a spry sixtyfiveyearold bloke who still gets...