It’s Mothers’ Day here in Aus, and so Gert went browsing for a good mother poem. Yes, I know Seamus Heaney has some, and Les Murray, but this wry little piece appealed: Continue reading A poem for Mothers’ Day
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Babies’ Day
If you desire to drain to the dregs the fullest cup of scorn and hatred that a human being can pour out for you, let a young mother hear you call dear baby “it”. (Jerome K. Jerome.)
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Dior and I
Last Sunday was Mother’s Day in Australia and I found myself at 10.30 am on a chilly morning with my daughter in a cinema watching a documentary about the fashion industry. Continue reading Dior and I
Worn to a frazzle
Looking back at my mother’s spoken anxieties, I feel a dim affection. At our best moments we had the makings of quite a good comedy team. (Jenny Diski, In Gratitude, LRB 37 no. 9, 7 May 2015) Continue reading Worn to a frazzle