Introduction


Can each day be headlined by a word (or two) and represented by a single sentence?

Will they, in turn, weave together to form a tapestry of the year?

It may be more mundane than momentous, but it’s mine to share.

Friday, 24 October 2014

Leaving out the Expletive

Despite shunting a load of leaves down the road on Tuesday, more than enough remained to combine with reinforcements to impede getting the car completely onto the block paving, so I set to work with the rake, brush and grabber, creating a huge pile on the lawn to then stuff into five big bags for disposal; about forty-five minutes into the job my neighbour rapped on her front window to suggest I could clear her block paving as well and my reply got as far as mouthing an F before I spotted she was accompanied by her seven-year-old, causing me to bite off the end of my planned response.

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