A Complete Account of a Saturday I Didn't Leave the House
People will ask on Monday what I did at the weekend. Here is the full record, hour by hour, so that I can say 'quite a lot, actually' and have it be documented.
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Going Out Is Having a Moment. We'll Be Sitting It Out.
The columns say people are going out again. The bars are full, the dinner parties are back, the trend is 'being seen.' We read these pieces with interest, in the chair, and turn the page.
The Cat Has the Blanket. I Have the Book. The System Works.
There was a period, early on, when I believed the blanket was mine. I had bought it. It was on my chair. I have since been corrected, gently, over about three years, by a cat who has never once raised her voice.
How to Decline an Invitation in One Sentence
Most people decline badly. They apologise three times, invent a cousin, and promise a rain date they will also have to decline. Here is the method we use in this house. It takes one sentence, and the sentence is not an apology.