Tag Archives: love

You Must Remember This

Posted on February 25, 2026 by lesleyjonesberry

I’ve been thinking about kissing recently, in part because of a story I’m writing.  We give kisses, and we receive them.  “En amour, il y a toujours celui qui donne les baisers et celui qui tend la joue” as the … Continue reading →

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Presence

Posted on January 30, 2026 by lesleyjonesberry

The children were with us for Christmas. Our son left, as planned, on Boxing Day. Our daughter, however, had an unexpected gap in her work schedule and was also a little unwell. We asked, tentatively, whether she had to go? … Continue reading →

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So long as we can breathe or eyes can see

Posted on November 29, 2025 by lesleyjonesberry

Mum’s friend, Joyce, is in hospital and I visited her yesterday.  Mum and Joyce. They met, and served together, in the Second World War and they kept in touch for the rest of their lives. They lived 240 miles apart … Continue reading →

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Stepping out

Posted on November 11, 2025 by lesleyjonesberry

On holiday for a few days, in Paris. 5 days and so I have 5 novels. This feels about right. Fewer than five makes me anxious. These are holiday reads, nothing long or challenging, and I am quite a fast reader – … Continue reading →

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Hacked off

Posted on April 9, 2025 by lesleyjonesberry

After a few years of ignoring the flaking paint and a pervasive drop in temperature as one enters our kitchen, we have taken a deep breath, drawn ourselves up to our full height as responsible adults, and are “having the … Continue reading →

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First person singular

Posted on November 17, 2024 by lesleyjonesberry

I think I remember this:  that when I was being taught English at school, my teacher asked us to look at a paragraph, and commended someone’s observation that there were a lot of sentences starting with ‘I’.  From this we … Continue reading →

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