oneword.: outside: "It is raining, the water stripes the glass in my office blurring the world and making me want to blink until the sun shines again. Or making me want to climb into bed, naked and warm and not alone. Outside it is raining. "

oneword.: pendant: "We bought them at the show, the three of us. My two boys and me. I can't remember what theirs were like but mine was a metal heart with my name engraved on it. Paul's chain got tangled once and I fixed it for him. Philip was jealous. "

oneword.: stitch: "She was friends with my Grandma. She would come to school each friday afternoon with reels of cotton and sharp little needles. I sat there swinging my legs and it didn't matter how much I tried may hands were too young to stich a neat line. The others would whisper, turn and snicker. "