The wife and I casually chatting in the room
Then someone in the living room yells, ‘Dad! We’re doing Mission Impossible!’
Me: Drops everything to stop whatever’s going down.
#Cuemusic.
#cheshirenovelprizesnippetsLL ✂️✂️✂️ YA: “Too choppy.” “Yes, Mother.” Yan adjusted her bowing. “Too slow. ” Yes, Mother.” Yan readjusted her bow once again. Madame Long did not play, but that was a minor detail, not even worth mentioning. Yan restarted the piece. This time, she almost managed to balance the timing and the pathos of the music. By the second page, however, Madame Long’s fingernail was slowly scratching the side of her chair. When Yan had been much younger, she had been fascinated by the lines her mother’s pinkie had created, darker than the rest of the velvet, almost as though her mother had magically changed the colour of the fabric with a mere touch. That distraction had earned Yan multiple punishments. Those days, however, were years away. Yan had long since mastered the art of listening for her mother’s cues while focusing primarily on the music in front of her. Normally. Today the scratching of her mother’s fingernail sounded like harsh wings beating away from her windowsill. Yan suppressed a shiver. She had woken up with that nightmare again. The one with the feathers, the one where they began to sprout everywhere. Her forehead, her neck, then her abdomen all the way down to her feet. When there was no place left for them externally, in her ears and finally in her throat, choking her to death. As always, she had woken up wheezing and coughing.
Me: ‘So I’ve begun my triathlon training for the new year.’
Wife: ‘But I’ve not seen you go out and…’
Me: ‘Yeah, the fuelling part!’
#HappyNewYear#Triathon
Read this early this year to learn more about the man and his economic ideas. Really respected him for his work and passion for Japan. Terrible loss and tragic time for the country. Thoughts and prayers go out to his family and his country. #Japan#ShinzoAbe
Today is Jen Psaki's last official day as White House Press Secretary. We thank her for bringing her knowledge, honesty, and most of all wit to the press podium. #PsakiBomb