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Category Archives: childhood

Balloon

David Bowie lives in my old house

March 15, 2013by Spencer 4 Comments

Having a chat with my daughter on the phone last night. I love talking to T&K on the phone as the conversation is always fun, incredibly random and shows some […]

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Dad and B

Inspired by @dustandlove: Father and Son – Part Two

March 9, 2013by Spencer 7 Comments

‘Hang on Spen. Your dad? And you have a sister?’ said my friend. ‘Yup’ I sipped my pint. ‘And your mum is now LIVING with your dad?  What? After all […]

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Bill

Inspired by @dustandlove: Father and Son – Part One.

March 8, 2013by Spencer 9 Comments

Thoughts eh? Someone recently got me thinking about fathers, being a father, fatherdom (Is that a word?) and all things fathery. That last one definitely isn’t a word but I’m […]

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childhood
My mum holding her grandson for the first time, and thinking "Fuck, have I left the iron on?"

“Oh no, I’ve left the iron on.”

August 30, 2012by Spencer 32 Comments

Last night, as I was leaving my flat, I did something that reminded me of my mum. I’d made the children their evening meal and it was sitting in a […]

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childhood
men on the moon

Playing games

August 19, 2012by Spencer 7 Comments

I was watching my children play yesterday afternoon. My son decided that he and his sister would play with her doll, bought by their maternal grandmother. T and K bathed […]

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